Two Wellington care homes teamed up to arrange a special outing as part of their activity programmes for Dementia Action Week (15-22 May) treating residents to a trip to see the recently restored Wellington Memorial and learn about its history. Residents from Camelot House and Lodge and Oaktree Court were given a guided tour John […]
Praise has been pouring in from residents and staff of a Bridgwater dementia care home for the creative talents of maintenance man, Waldemar Perlik, who has conjured up an impressively authentic ice-cream cart using a few old bits of furniture and MDF, and a wheel from an old wheelchair. Waldemar – better known to residents […]
Residents at a dementia care home in Plymouth have been enthusiastically singing along with their favourite songs during a specially arranged pre-Easter visit by Plymouth Music Makers. Sarah McCaffrey, deputy manager of Butterfly Lodge in St Budeaux, said: “Our residents react so joyfully when tunes they know and love start playing – it’s really lovely […]
For retired jazz singer Geoff Brown live music was a must for the day he and wife Rita celebrated their 62nd anniversary, so the pair were delighted to relive memories of the first song they danced to at their wedding: You Make Me Feel So Young. Entertainer Ron Sutherland, aka Rockin’ Ronnie, performed a selection […]
At 67 years of age, Nigel Howe has discovered a previously unsuspected love of cooking thanks to the installation of a new cooker and hobs specifically for use by residents in a specialist dementia care home in Wellington, Somerset. Richard Dempslake, activities co-ordinator at Camelot House and Lodge, said: “We’re so glad we’ve opened up […]
A couple have celebrated an incredible 72 years of marriage at a care home in Wellington. Bill and Jean Carr were married on 18th March 1950 at St James Church in Handsworth, Birmingham, near where they both grew up, and relocated to the South West after their wedding. The ‘inseparable’ pair worked together for many […]
A pair of enchanting fluffy felines were the headline attraction at a pop-up cat café that has been organised for residents at a dementia care home in Wellington. Sibling kittens Mocha and Chino enjoyed a couple of hours being the centre of attention at Camelot House and Lodge, where they were taken by volunteers from […]
One-hundred-year-old Jean Jennings was thrilled to open a birthday card from the Queen as part of the celebrations for her milestone birthday at the specialist care home where she lives in Bridgwater. When Jean opened the royal card and read the Queen’s congratulatory message, she said she was shocked to find she had reached 100 […]
Tom Rooney, a 93-year old retired Grenadier Guardsman who lives at a dementia care home in Bridgwater, has produced artwork which so astonished his carers that they have been inspired to organised an exhibition of his work. A landscape of butterflies painted by Tom was the work which prompted art therapist Ewa Kuwalek, a member […]
The team at Avalon Nursing Home in Bridgwater has been boosted with the arrival of a new recruit, Ewa Kuwalek, whose specialism in creative arts is adding a new dimension to the therapeutic activities on offer to residents. Activities team leader, Lisa Priddice, said: “Ewa is a natural fit – it was immediately obvious how […]
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