Our stories

Peace of mind

Moving into a care home can be daunting

Rest assured, 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.

Who doesn’t love a slice of lemon drizzle cake? During one of our coffee mornings, we chatted about favourite cakes and a few of the people who lived with us mentioned home-made, lemon drizzle cake.

Lemon Drizzle Cake

February 2023

Charity has always been close to the heart of staff and residents at Field View Care Home and this year is no exception.

Hartlepool Baby Bank Charity

February 2023

We were delighted to start up our coffee mornings in February and in preparation, our Chef Moira baked the most glorious carrot cake.

Coffee Mornings

February 2023

The people who live with us were delighted to welcome Zante fox and friends to the home with their owner Steve.

We met the gorgeous TJ his white rat, Valentine the Dove, Freddy the corn snake and Sapphire the barn owl before the star of the show Zante the fox.

Animal Visitors

February 2023

Last month our lifestyle team, Jay, and Aimee, thought they would repurpose an old medication trolley and make their very own musical tuck shop which they could take around the units here at Astor Care Complex.

Astor Care Complex Musical Tuck Shop

February 2023

“Writing a poem is discovering” 📝

I present to you Open and Talk; two poems written by those that live at Abingdon Court, friends from St Helen and St Katherine, and Larkmead School.

Abingdon Court Poetry Club

February 2023