Former Norland nanny and foster parent, Elizabeth Barrand from Lydgate Lodge care home in Batley, was surprised with a visit from Lydgate Junior and Infant School, who delivered a home-made cake on her 100th birthday. Born in West Ham in 1924 to parents Oscar and Grace,...
Residents from Hepworth House care home in Wakefield have launched a weekly crafts and coffee morning group, the Knitwits. Every Tuesday at 10:30 from 5th March, all are welcome to bring along any crafting project they’re working on, have a hot drink and a cake, and...
Love is in the air this Valentine’s Day at Lydgate Lodge care home in Batley, where resident Geoffrey Wildsmith and his wife Elizabeth have been reminiscing about their wedding day. Childhood sweethearts Geoffrey (86) and Elizabeth (85) first met in Sunday School in 1946 at St...
Residential care home, Coppice Lodge in Arnold, welcomed social care and nursing students from the University of Nottingham to build on their confidence and education in working with older people. Eleven students, including first year student Holly, spent the day at Coppice Lodge getting to know...
Residents from Hepworth House care home in Wakefield are looking forward to inviting local children to their Half Term Family Funday on Sunday 11th February from 10:00. All are welcome to a family friendly film showing in the home’s luxury cinema room, complete with fresh popcorn...
In celebration of National Hobby Month, residents at Hepworth House care home in Wakefield are sharing their talents and interests with others. Writing down their chosen hobbies, participating residents are chosen at random to lead an activities session for other residents and their loved ones. So far,...
Children from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Academy Primary School’s choir spread some festive joy at Fairway View care home when they performed Christmas carols for the residents. Donned in tinsel, the children sung Christmas classics like ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Away in a Manger’, and afterwards...
Ashworth Grange care home in Dewsbury, operated by Ideal Carehomes, has been rated ‘GOOD’ in a recent inspection by healthcare standards inspectors, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Opened in 2012, Ashworth Grange was inspected on two lines of enquiry, Safe and Well-Led, and was rated ‘GOOD’...
Jean Gregson, 96, from Hepworth House care home is sharing her memories of Christmases past as part of Ideal Carehomes’ ‘Merry Memories’ campaign. Growing up, Jean’s father made her Christmases magical with one very special tradition. Jean said, ‘My dad used to ask me to write a...
95-year-old Ernest Martin from Coppice Lodge care home in Arnold is sharing his memories of Christmases past as part of Ideal Carehomes’ ‘Merry Memories’ campaign. As a child, Ernest spent his Christmases with his family in Suffolk. Each Christmas Eve, Ernest was allowed to open one...