Residents at Greenacres care home in Meltham have been busy spreading some Christmas cheer by supporting two special charity projects. Christmas gifts have been collected and wrapped by the residents at Greenacres care home, which is situated on Huddersfield Road in Meltham. The gifts will now...
Care staff at Hepworth House care home in Wakefield are organising a Short Film Festival for residents and are inviting the local community to submit their entries. All the entries must be films that they have made themselves and will be showcased in the care home’s...
Sharon Troy, home manager at Ashworth Grange, which is operated by Ideal Carehomes, donned a full body teddy bear suit for her entire shift to bring a smile to the faces of residents and staff. With its white fluffy tummy and cheeky red sticky out tongue,...
To mark International Women’s Day, the new caretaker at Newfield Lodge care home in Castleford is encouraging other women to ‘go for it’, whatever their dream job may be. Stephanie O’Donnell (42), from Castleford, has worked at Newfield Lodge for five years, initially as a care...
It was neon rara skirts, legwarmers and over-sized earrings all round when a Dewsbury residential home decided to help residents stay in shape the 80s way. Staff and residents at Ashworth Grange donned 1980s fashion and danced and exercised to pop classics from the decade that...
A Dewsbury care home is welcoming the local community to celebrate Easter with rabbits, chicks ...
Staff and residents at Lydgate Lodge care home in Batley offered their support to Ukrainian refugees, collecting items from their local community to donate to those in need. Lydgate Lodge collected essential items such as dried food, baby food, sleeping bags and nappies to be collected...
To all our residents, relatives and friends, This week, due to the increase of cases in the community of the new Omicron variant, the government have released updated guidance for visiting care homes. We have therefore updated our visitor policy in line with the government recommendations,...
As of today, the government have eased many Coronavirus restrictions that we have all lived with for over a year. Although this comes as a very positive step forward, the increase in Coronavirus cases in the community is still a concern and the government has...
To all our residents, relatives and friends, COVID 19 (Coronavirus) – Update Social contact and visits are a hugely important part of care home life and our resident’s wellbeing has certainly benefitted immensely over the last couple of months since we have been able to welcome loved...