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Over £1,000 has been donated by Bridgwater Carnival clubs to Bridgwater-based Avalon Nursing Home.
Six residents, two family members and carers from a dementia care home in Wellington, were among the many happy visitors to the annual Taunton Flower Show last weekend.
It was a case of cowboy hats at the ready when country and western’s The Calamity Janes ‘flew into’ town to help celebrate the open day at St Cecilia care home in Shepton Mallet.
Staff at St Cecilia Care Home in Shepton Mallet are celebrating the news that they have been awarded the highest possible score by carehome.co.uk for the care they provide, thanks to the large number of positive testimonials submitted to the industry-leading website by residents’ families.
St Benedict’s, a family-run nursing home in Glastonbury, blasted off its 40th anniversary celebrations with rhythms provided by local band The Celtic Spaceship.
Residents, their families and staff at a Shepton Mallet residential home have been by holding a barbecue in the garden at St Cecilia.
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.
