Care Homes

Care homes up and down the country are preparing for Care Home Open Day on 28 June. The theme this year is art in care and…

Resident takes the plunge as part of MHA Richmond’s ‘Seize the Day’ scheme MHA Richmond care home resident, Lillian O’Neill, who celebrated her 103rd birthday…

A Dorset care home resident who trained with the famous Ballet Rambert was transported back to her heyday by a talented young dancer. Norma Richards,…

Patrick Fensterseifer, head chef of Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth, is celebrating being named a finalist of the South West Regional Cook-Offs in the…

A forward-thinking, furry, robotic seal pup will provide pet therapy with a difference to nursing home residents living with dementia in Shropshire and Cheshire. Unlike…

POPCORN was at the ready for the revival of a historic Tyneside cinema – long since demolished and replaced by a care home. The Rex,…

A new report shows older people benefit from improved physical and mental health in retirement communities, resulting in cost savings to the NHS. Findings from…

In partnership with Salford University, Heathlands Village, run by social care charity The Fed, has successfully submitted a bid to be selected as one of…

Margery Elliot, a 99 year old resident at Edgbaston Beaumont Care Home in Birmingham recently published her first book, “The Story of Rotton Park” after…

A CELEBRATION evening was held to thank businesses across Huddersfield for providing volunteering opportunities to hundreds of teenagers. Over 590 young people were involved in…

Activities Manager Jo Whitehouse has won a prestigious national award for her work providing a fun, creative and varied programme of activities to enhance the…

Handley House General Manager, Michael Gledhill, meets Norman Spence (volunteer) at the Yorkshire Air Museum A brand new care home is being built by LNT…

It was a birthday celebration to remember for resident Mary Whitty who celebrated her 80th birthday at Park House care home . With the guests…

A HERD of fluffy, four-legged friends were the latest visitors to a Middlesbrough care home. Rabbits and guinea pigs hopped in to see residents at…