A singing kitchen assistant who ensured residents at a Bulwell care home were well fed throughout the pandemic has been named employee of the year. Gillian Prowett, 56, had only been working at Fairway View for four months when she found herself running the kitchen due...
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 from Fairway View care home in Bulwell have been busy collecting items for local not-for-profit organisation, Creative Paths CIC, to send to the people of Ukraine. The care home organised the collection by appealing to the local community for everyday items, such as...
Two octogenarian couples were treated to a romantic reunion celebration meal by a Nottinghamshire care home. Coppice Lodge care home in Arnold pulled out all the stops for life partners Michael and Chrystine Girvin, and Tony and Jean Owen, turning their dining room into an intimate, romantic...
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...