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Natural Academy in North Somerset has launched a wintering well event series aimed at providing seasonal support and giving people a chance to reflect and connect with nature this December.
In an unusual about-turn, staff at a dementia care home in Wellington have been receiving help in doing their jobs from the residents they support – all as part of a recent initiative aimed at boosting the sense of usefulness of those being cared for.
Desperate to play football, yet so short of resources they have been taking to the pitch barefoot, members of a Bristol team whose members are all refugees or asylum seekers – are celebrating a supply of new boots thanks to a firm of local housebuilders.
A new programme of support launching in Bristol is aimed at helping men affected by cancer, with outdoor-focussed days and courses led by nature-based practitioners.
Families and friends have been making the most of September’s fine weather by joining loved ones at a Wellington dementia care home at a gardening club that has been launched at their home.
A condition which affects up to 10% of all women between the ages of 15 and 44 is under the spotlight this month in a targeted drive by campaigners to raise awareness of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, commonly referred to as PCOS.
The team at Yeovil’s newest care home, Chestnut Lodge enthusiastically embraced the recent opportunity to take part in National Afternoon Tea Week and will be adopting regular afternoon tea celebrations as part of their ongoing social activities programme.
Wellington dementia care home, Camelot House and Lodge, has welcomed a new manager whose husband also manages one of the four homes run by Camelot Care.
The staff team at a care home in St Budeaux in Plymouth embraced the spirit of Afternoon Tea Week by organising an amazing ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’ for their residents who are living with dementia.
A new community, targeted NHS Health Check is being offered to eligible residents in Dorset by Public Health Dorset’s free, lifestyle change service, LiveWell Dorset.
‘Eat-me’ cookies, a well-stocked Mad Hatter’s tea-trolley, Alice in Wonderland fancy dress and themed decorations transformed Avalon Nursing Home into a magical venue for afternoon tea in Bridgwater.
Dorset Council is looking for people who would be willing to foster or provide supported lodgings for unaccompanied children and young people.
Residents of a Wellington dementia care home have wholeheartedly embraced their first Pride Day, taking part in Pride activities organised by their care team with great enthusiasm.
Plymouth resident Joanna Bryant was thrilled to receive a birthday card from King Charles and Queen Camilla when she celebrated her 100th birthday last week.
The clinical team at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) has been boosted with the arrival of three new team members: consultant Andrina Louisy, and two clinical fellows – Jess Leese and Rebecca Davies.
When retired children's nurse Barbara Doubtfire told the team at the nursing home where she lives in Wellington, Somerset, how much she'd like to see young people again, they were delighted by the reaction of the local primary school to their request for help.
The family of an elderly animal lover who spent the last three years of her life at a dementia care home in Bridgwater found an unusual way to express their thanks for the care she received there – by enabling the team to buy pet rabbits for the home.
With a valiant team effort by staff and families of residents living at a specialist care home in Plymouth producing £575 in sponsorship money through a 24-hour bike ride to help fund a specialist new interactive mobile entertainment unit for residents living with dementia, just £225 more is now needed to reach the team’s final target.
