Care Home News
Care Home News
First day of hand-holding visits at The Willows nursing home in Bedford
The beaming smiles said it all when hand-holding visits began at The Willows nursing home in Bedford today. Jeanette Warden, 66, had not seen her mother, Winifred Clothier, 92, for…
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Care home pays International Women’s Day tribute to Dutch resident
She experienced the horrors of Nazi occupation and the joy of meeting her future husband among the liberating Army. Seventy-five years after she married the Royal Artillery despatch rider and…
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Young poets brighten day for residents at Allonsfield House care home
Primary school pupils have brought joy to the residents of a Suffolk care home with their bright, rainbow-themed poems. More than 80 children from Eyke Primary School, near Woodridge, took…
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Thoughtful teenager's gift to Hadleigh Nursing Home staff and residents
Staff and residents at Hadleigh Nursing Home were thrilled to receive hampers of sweets and chocolates from a local teenager. Maisie Button, 16, who has a craft enterprise, MaisieMakeshandmade, was…
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Disappointment at planning refusal for Lavender House scheme
Kingsley Healthcare’s head of public relations, Stephen Pullinger, expressed “surprise and disappointment” that councillors refused a £4m development at Lilac Lodge and Lavender Cottage care home against the recommendation of…
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'Good' rating for care home
A care home which had been put into special measures has made a number of improvements, inspectors have found. Oaklands Care Home in Scole, near Diss, has been rated as…
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Family visits to care homes update
Kingsley Healthcare operations director Debbie McGovern said: “We know how important visits are for the wellbeing of residents and that is why we have done everything possible to keep visits…
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Staff at Downham Grange organised a Valentine's Day surprise for their only couple
Activities coordinator Tracy Nicholls put together a display celebrating the love story of Ken and Betty English with family album shots, including old wedding photographs
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This Week's Featured News
Thorp House nursing home in national finals for three care awards
Thorp House nursing home, in Griston, near Watton, is celebrating a hat-trick of nominations in two separate national care awards. Senior support worker Gemma Boldy, who has worked at the…
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