There's nothing like a pamper session with aromatherapy oils especially during the current circumstances. We are lucky at Kents Hill Care Home to have our activities coordinator on the Dementia Suite who is qualified in hand massage and aromatherapy oils.

Here at Willowdene Care Home we will be clapping for all of the carers at Maria Mallaband and Countrywide at 8pm along with other care workers in social care and NHS.  Every Thursday night, Ruth Sunter, Manager at Willowdene Care Home on Lizards Lane stands outside her house and claps for her team and colleagues for all of the amazing work they are doing through these difficult times.  

Here is a link to our latest newsletter featuring pictures and information from a range of activities that residents have recently enjoyed. 

Parkview March Newsletter.pdf

A big thank you to all the people who are donating face masks, alcohol gel and face shields in the local community.

Easter at Cedar Court has always been a special time. We would normally have a big Easter bonnet contest but due to the current times we have been unable to hold the events, but it didn't stop us from celebrating Easter. 

The churches kindly sent us the services and hymns, along with special messages for our residents so we could hold a Sunday service in the home.

One of our residents shares his birthday with the Queen. He said jokingly that he hoped she would pop in and wish him Happy Birthday.

We had an idea.  We had Queen Elizabeth masks made and so he had plenty of birthday wishes from the Queen.  He laughed so much he was in tears and he said that we made his day. 

Here at Earsdon Grange we have been so delighted with all of the lovely community spirit and wanted to say a few thank you's to let them know how very much we appreciate them.

A big thank you to West Allotment Club for their kind donations of tea, coffee and biscuits for all staff at home and selection of toiletries for the residents. These are all greatly appreciated and the residents were delighted to receive them from you.

We had a lovely surprise delivery at Astor Court from Clive Taylor who is the son of one of our residents.  He wanted to say thank you for all of the hard work the staff are doing at the home through this strange time whilst also trying to keep life normal for all of our residents.

Thank you so much, we all really appreciated the chocolates Clive.  It made our day.

The residents at Willow Bank enjoyed a cream tea for Mother's day. They made banners to decorate the dining room and made it look special. Residents baked some buns and decorated them and enjoyed scones with jam and clotted cream, the ladies all thought they were delicious.

We received the gorgeous bouquet of flowers as a thank you from one of our families.