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Getting up close and personal to three owls in at a nursing home in Glastonbury has sparked ‘priceless’ reactions from residents according to the home’s activities team.
When John Cutting’s mother Violet moved into a dementia care home in Wellington he was regularly accompanied on his visits by his 10 year old Alsatian dog, Prince, and this proved to be the start of an ongoing involvement between John, his dogs and the care home.
A professional relationship which started online during Covid via NHS-run adult social care Teams calls, resulted in dementia specialist Bonnie Frear being offered an interesting new career opportunity she couldn’t resist.
Giving a spring face-lift to the garden of the dementia home in Bridgwater where his father has been living for the past year was the activity of choice for specialist fibre engineer, Andrew Chaplin and 10 of his colleagues for their spring volunteer day.
Staff at Butterfly Lodge Dementia Nursing Home in Plymouth are celebrating a quadruple haul of awards in the 2024 Celebrating Excellence in Care Awards, relaunched this year by Plymouth City Council for the first time since 2019.
One of Somerset’s oldest residents celebrated her 105th birthday with a birthday card from the King and Queen and a party for family and friends at St Benedict’s Nursing Home in Glastonbury where she now lives.
“I had not fallen in love until I met Sheila Dora Colman” recalls pensioner Ray Rowe looking back on meeting his future wife in late 50s Devon.
Dressing up costumes chosen with World Book Day (7 March) in mind and worn by preschoolers from Bridgwater’s Little Montessori House were a great hit with their neighbours who live in the town’s Avalon Nursing Home.
A Bridgwater & Taunton College student studying health and social care has been so impressed by the dementia care home she teamed up with for her student placement she has applied to join them as a full-time employee.
For care home resident Patricia, Wednesdays can’t come around quickly enough.
Dreams are coming true for residents at a specialist dementia care home who are being supported by staff to revisit favourite activities they thought they were no longer able to do.
Hospitals, care homes and community healthcare providers have until March 1 to comply with a safety alert relating to medical beds that were issued following 18 deaths and 54 serious injuries to patients.
A new fertility clinic run by leading West Country fertility treatment provider Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) has opened at the Sulis Hospital in Peasedown St John and is already providing local fertility advice and diagnosis for people in Bath struggling to have a baby.
A South West-based cancer charity has offered support to King Charles, following his cancer diagnosis this week.
A groundbreaking festival to be held in Bristol on 6 February 2024 will be looking at how to reshape society’s response to child sexual abuse, with the primary aim of fostering supportive educational environments for those affected.
Staff and residents of Avalon Nursing Home in Bridgwater were keen to use the occasion of her 60th birthday to let nurse Paula Wagemans know just how much they appreciate her, with a special tribute and merry celebrations to mark the day.
A team of care professionals who work at a specialist dementia care home in Plymouth have been recognised for delivering excellent end-of-life care by St Luke’s Hospice in Plymouth, marking the fourth consecutive time staff at the home have been recognised for the excellent way they implement the charity’s focused Six Steps + programme.
Residents at a dementia care home in Wellington, Somerset have been enjoying the great outdoors despite the cold weather by watching birds through the windows of their home and taking part in bird-related activities.
A host of Christmas traditions, plus a few surprises, “went down a treat” as part of a special service arranged for residents of Yeovil’s newest care home.
