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Moving into a care home made easy

Our care team are here to make sure that making the move is as easy as possible for you and your loved one. If you still need reassurance, here are some stories from our residents, their families and our care team.

The one thing myself and my colleagues have learned is how to get a giggle out of our residents. Low and behold crazy hair day never fails. From having wigs pinched to Bows borrowed our lovely lot always get involved. What a silly, wacky, day had by all

We enjoyed a wonderful visit from Kiddley Divy recently who entertained us all with songs from our favourite musicals. Everyone was able to join in with the fun, which along with singing included chair based dancing

Kiddleydivey at Brunel

We have been looking at photos of animals and holiday destinations the residents love reminiscing about holidays they have been on.

We all so love a sing a long

VE Day celebrations included a great sing-a-long with flag waving and of course lots of dancing together.

VE Day Celebrations

The lovely and talented Samantha Jones joined us and entertained with songs from the 40's. We all enjoyed singing along, flag waving and some of our residents volunteered to set the mood and take us back in time.

40s Entertainment

We had a great time at Alexandra, watching movies and eating popcorn!

Movies and Popcorn

This month at Acorn House we have welcomed 2 students from Blackburn College for a 2 week placement, Seerat and Demi. They are both studying their Health and Social Care NVQ. They will be working alongside our Lifestyle Team to support our residents with communal activities.

Students at Acorn House

Earlier in the month we had a scrumptious afternoon tea which was enjoyed by all

We had a wonderful time making no bake cheesecakes. We had blueberry, strawberry and vanilla. Teamwork made for laughter as our residents worked together helping each other finish their tasks.

No Bake Cheesecake Making

In celebration of Spanish week, our residents had some tapas to taste in the afternoon.

Earlier this month, our residents had lots of fun creating marshmallow sandwiches.

Marshmallow Sandwiches

In the month of May, we celebrated Nita's birthday. Nita celebrated in style.

We would like to wish her a very happy birthday!

Nita's Birthday

Earlier in the month, we had a music full of morning. This brought lots of smiles into our home!

Earlier in the month we were making flowers out of material! A different activity enjoyed by those who took part😀

We celebrated International Nurses Day in our lounge with people living with us and staff. Our fantastic nurses each got a certificate, bottle of wine and other gifts. Our amazing kitchen team created some Blue and White cup cakes, which tasted lovely.

International Nurses Day

The nurses at Kingsbury Court were surprised with a small party today to celebrate them and to say a huge thank you for all they do. It was so lovely to have been able to keep the secret from them until the day itself and treat them as they all do such a fantastic job for us.

International Nurses Day

Supporting peoples independence is something that we like to achieve at our home and it is different from person to person but no matter what the task, they all come with their own sense of accomplishment.

Supporting Independence at Gateford Hill

We wanted to do something special to celebrate the amazing nurses that we have at Buckingham House care home. We all met outside for some refreshments and the home manager gave each of our nurses a gift to thank them for all the incredible work that they do.

International Nurses Day

In honour of Florence Nightingale, we had a small gathering and celebration for our nurses at Cedar Court this afternoon. As a Registered General Nurse and also being our Regional Director, we also had our special guest, Petra join us for the same.

International Nurses Day

International Nurses Day, such an important day when we celebrate all the amazing work all nurses do day in day out.
We are so lucky to have exceptionally dedicated nurses working with us and today we would like to recognise them and thank them for all they do!

International Nurses Day

We had a the most wonderful day trip to Tropical Birdland in Desford, Leicestershire. Only a short drive from out home we all thoroughly enjoyed the walk around.

Trip to Tropical Birdland

Pets really bring joy to the hearts of the people living with us at Water Royd Care home. Spending time with animals is so beneficial and something that we love happening here. Everyone enjoyed a nice visit from our little furry friend Luna, and his buddy.

Pets at Therapy

We wanted to support The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) which is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”.

Plant a tree for the Jubilee

With the weather being so lovely and warm we wanted to get outside for a BBQ with the people living with us. There was much food, laughter and a very special guest that joined us.

Its a good day to BBQ

We wanted to support The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) which is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”.

Jubilee Tree Planting

Over 75 colourful make a wish balloons filled the sky over the Kents Hill, each with a special wish-tag attached from every Resident.

Up, Up and away....

We were looking for new ideas for what we can sell out our upcoming spring fayre and we decided that we would try new activity. We got some scarfs and the people living with using the tie dye process created some beautiful and unique designs.

It was national lemonade day this week and we wanted to give the people living with us a chance to try all different types of lemonades. We wanted to know which were favourite and the kitchen staff and team were happy to be on hand to listen to the feedback.

National Lemonade Day

Over the weekend we held a special event at Kents Hill Care Home and we planted a tree in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee!

The Mayor comes to Kents Hill Care Home

How lovely to be a winner in the MMCG Regional Easter Competition with our fantastic wreath which was lovingly created by our residents. Proudly displayed here by Enid

MMCG Regional Easter Competition

We were delighted to be the Easter cake winner in week 2 at the home when our wonderful kitchen team created this award winning cake for the competition. Our residents created the display for the cake to sit amongst.

Easter Cake Winner

We were delighted when Deputy Provost Tom Castle came to plant the Queen’s Jubilee tree at Parksprings in the garden. We had a piper and a buffet afterwards for the residents to enjoy. We chose a Platinum orange tree for the Queens platinum celebrations as we thought this fit in brill

Queens Jubilee Tree Planting at Parksprings

Our Chef Scott has done an amazing job of our Easter Cake this year which we sent in for the regional competition. It tasted delicious.

We had a visit from the Easter bunny in April who came to deliver all of the Easter eggs for the residents at the home. Our Easter bunny even met some school children and was featured in the local publication “In Your Area”.

Visit From the Easter Bunny

A selection of our Easter displays and our two Easter Bonnet winners. Residents have had great fun making bonnets with the help of the staff. Have a lovely Easter weekend everyone.

Easter Display and Bonnets

Thorntree Mews is definitely feeling the love. Our relatives are amazing .We received this lovely donation of chocolate for all the staff as a Thank you for looking after our residents so well.

Thank You Gifts

We had a busy Easter at the home with arts and crafts, baking and a beautiful Easter Sunday buffet. We also enjoyed some entertainment at the home today to get us into the Easter spirit and had a lovely singalong.

Easter at Willowbank

This month, the Regional Hero recognition is awarded to the exceptional team at White Rose Lodge.

Regional Hero Recognition Award

We would like to announce that White Rose Lodge has been officially nominated for a Care Home of the Year in the annual MMCG and Countrywide Care Awards.

Care Awards Nomination

More fun at Willowdene In April when we enjoyed afternoon tea for the Queens 96th birthday we had a sing a long and a quiz about Royalty with some hilarious answers from the residents. We had such a great day and hoped the Queen had as much fun as we did.

Queens Birthday Celebrations at Willowdene

We’ve planted a cherry tree for the Queens Platinum Jubilee 2022.

We were delighted that John Wilkinson, who is the husband of one of our residents, said it was an absolute honour to do this for us.

Queens Jubilee Tree Planting

We are delighted to present our entry into the MMCG and Countrywide Easter competition created by our brilliant Chef John at the home.

If this is not a winning entry I don't know what is. Hasn't he done an incredible job?

The Moors Easter Entry

The residents are always telling us how much they miss their pets, so we have a new resident in the home. Angus, a soft pet which the residents are able to cuddle and pet whenever they want. They have a lovely visit from Angus in April and can’t wait for when the pet therapy dogs are

Residents, colleagues and relatives had a wonderful afternoon last week when Rishi Sunak, MP of Richmondshire and our Chairman and Founder of Maria Mallaband Care, Phil Burgan, visited our newly refurbished Lodge at Rosedale Care Home.

Visit From Rishi Sunak

We would like to thank all the staff and visitors for all their support with our Easter raffle we raised £121 for our residents funds.

Easter Raffle at Rose Lodge

Our residents enjoy working on a crossword together. One of their favourites is the Yorkshire Post crossword puzzle. A couple of weeks ago they decided to tackle the YP giant crossword. We may have bitten off more than we can chew - we’re still working on it!

Crossword Challenge

This morning we tasted a selection of herbs and spices, and discussed their use in food preparation and seasoning.

Herb and Spice Tasting Session

Taylors of Harrogate have kindly donated this wonderful selection of Yorkshire Tea to be one of our raffle prizes for our next Garden Party. Let's hope the weather is as generous.

Raffle Prize Donations

Thank you to Emma from Spa Shop on Lowther Street who donated £200 worth of Easter flowers for our ladies who live in the home. They had such a wonderful surprise when our Manager and Lifestyle Coordinatored dropped by with various boxes and bouquets from you.

Easter Flower Donation

At Manor Park Care Home we believe our residents should be a huge part of any changes and decisions which are made in the home. We have appointed our resident committee who meet with all of the residents on their unit and bring along any feedback they have on matters in the home. We h

Residents Committee Meetings