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Regular visits by pupils of Northgate Primary School in Bridgwater to a neighbouring dementia care home are ‘sparking joy’ all round according to their teachers and the care workers at Avalon Nursing Home.
A group of seven care workers who have clocked up an impressive 83 years of service between them, working at a residential home in Shepton Mallet, have been recognised for their dedication, care and commitment by the management team.
Residents from a specialist dementia care home in Wellington have been reliving happy days from their youth at last weekend’s Devon County Show at the Westpoint Arena and Showground in Clyst St Mary near Exeter.
A former Scout leader who was involved for over 60 years with the scouting movement was delighted to receive a visit from the 1st Keyham (St Mark) Scouts at the residential home where he lives in St Budeaux, Plymouth.
It was all about the hats for residents at Chestnut Lodge in Yeovil on a visit from members of the town’s Women’s Institute and Mothers’ Union.
As London braces itself for the TCS London Marathon this weekend, one man's determination shines brightly amid the sea of runners.
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.
