Lynn Robinson, Home Manager at new luxury care home, Hepworth House in Wakefield, has been awarded ‘Home Manager of the Year’ at the Ideal Care Awards for her inspirational approach to leadership over the course of the covid-19 pandemic. Lynn joined Ideal Carehomes in 2019 as...
Residents and the care team at Ashworth Grange care home in Dewsbury are preparing to open its gardens for a Christmas Market next week. The Ashworth Grange Christmas Market will take place on Monday 15thNovember, from 2pm until 4pm, when visitors will be able to enjoy...
Care staff from Hepworth House care home in Wakefield will Sleep Out next week to raise funds for youth homeless charity, Centrepoint. Care assistant Carmel Lawson, from Stanley, and activities co-ordinator Helen Brady, from Normanton, will swap their beds for sleeping bags on Thursday 18thNovember and...
Residents and the care team at Newfield Lodge care home in Castleford are preparing to open its garden for a Christmas Market. The Newfield Lodge Christmas Market will take place on Saturday 4thDecember, from 2pm to 5pm, when visitors will be able to enjoy warm refreshments,...
Residents at Ashworth Grange care home in Dewsbury are overjoyed with all the Christmas tree decorations which have been kindly donated by their local community. The care home, on Ashworth Green, launched a Christmas tree decoration competition last month and has received lots of beautiful, homemade...
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...