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.

It was wonderful to see the men at The Westbourne so enthusiastic about the fitting of a new kitchen. Conversation about DIY successes over the years and a few disasters too whilst watching the kitchen being fitted and recognising many of the tools in the tool box!

DIY Memories

December 2020

We celebrated Guy Fawkes Night/Bonfire Night with fireworks at River View.

Bonfire Night

November 2020

Winter brings the festive season and the activities team have a jam-packed winter and seasonal activities calendar coming their way.

Warming Winter Drinks

November 2020

Biscuit decorating

Biscuit Decoration

November 2020

It is very important for us at Abingdon Court to keep our residents happy and fulfil all their wishes. So the activity team, Kirsty and Mona made a Wishing Tree. The residents make a wish, write it onto a leaf and hang it on the tree.

Wishing Tree

November 2020

We were delighted when one of our carer's came into the home and spend some one to one time with us in the hair dressing salon. We've not been able to have hair dressers into the home but as a qualified hairdresser we were delighted when Pam came in to the home and cut and blow dried our ha

Hairdressing at Howgate

November 2020