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A special training session has given Tyneside care home staff a taste of what living with dementia is like. Those working at Waverley Lodge Care Home, in Lemington, had their senses impaired before attempting simple, everyday tasks. Thick gloves, misty glasses and ear plugs were used to make the tasks […]
The latest of Wychavon District Council’s musical performances for people living with dementia is just a few days away. Meraki will be performing their gorgeous acapella three and four part harmony singing. There will be soaring melodies from the Appalachian tradition, feel-good folk and beautiful spirituals. Songs new and old […]
Nursery children who won £1,000 in a reading and writing competition have shared their prize with elderly care home residents. Brookhill House Day Nursery, in Stapleford, won the money after entering the Nottinghamshire Poem 2018 competition. Part of their entry included photos of the children reading with residents at Longmoor […]
Zimmers are getting zinged at a Derbyshire care home after a visit from charity Age UK – helping to reduce falls by up to 60%. Emma Richards, from Age UK Derby and Derbyshire, visited Longmoor Lodge Care Home, in Sandiacre, to give residents’ zimmer frames a revamp. The aim of […]
A furry friend has been helping care home residents with dementia by providing company and cuddles. Oscar the PAT dog and his owner Paula Gascoigne have paid a visit to Waverley Lodge Care Home, in Lemington, Newcastle. Paula, who is from Dumpling Hall, Newcastle, is a volunteer with North East […]
Two care homes in Cambridgeshire are hosting a series of informal coffee mornings each week for the local community to come along and enjoy. Home Close care home in Fulbourn will hold coffee mornings every Wednesday morning from 10:30am with its next on 19th September, while The Hillings residential home […]
To mark World Alzheimer’s Month, Rapport Housing & Care is speaking to those working and living in their care homes about their experiences. Cheryl Poyner-Weeks and Nicole Mercer, who work at Barnes Lodge in Tonbridge, shared their stories of working in such a challenging role. “I get bored easily, which […]
A centenarian chef has been making burgers for fellow care home residents to celebrate National Burger Day. Nancy Sallis, who lives at Holmewood Care Home, in Chesterfield, donned her apron and chef’s hat to turn mince beef into delicious patties. The 100-year-old joined fellow residents Hazel White, Thelma Scarborough and […]
A woman with learning difficulties is wowing house-mates and staff at the residential service where she lives in Kent, with her previously unsuspected horticultural skills. Twenty-five-year-old Alice Hoad never misses a chance to visit the newly-renovated vegetable patch of Rhyme House in Sittingbourne to inspect the fruit and vegetables she […]
Generous teenage volunteers raised funds and carried out garden renovation work at a Huddersfield care home. Members of the Huddersfield Giants Community Trust National Citizenship Service (NCS) spent time at Aden View Care Home carrying out the work. They organised fundraising activities to buy plants, ornaments and solar lights to […]
