Gap year student Maria Jimenez is delighting residents at a dementia care home in Bridgwater by playing her guitar to accompany impromptu karaoke sessions, as well as brightening their day by singing pop classics for them. Eighteen-year-old Maria has taken on the role of activities assistant at Avalon Nursing Home during her gap year, inspired […]
Staff and residents at a specialist dementia care home in Plymouth are celebrating the success of healthcare assistant Carrie-Anne Dalton, who has just been shortlisted for an award in the category of Care Newcomer in the Great British Care Awards. Sarah McCaffrey, deputy manager at Butterfly Lodge, who was responsible for writing the nomination, said: […]
Residents and staff at a Plymouth dementia care home have been proving that the younger generation does not have a monopoly on Halloween fun. Family members, old and young, were invited to join in with the seasonal activities at Butterfly Lodge, and all took great pride in donning their spookiest outfits and practising their skill […]
Visits from children at Bridgwater’s Little Montessori House nursery are proving to have a rejuvenating effect on the residents of the town’s Avalon Nursing Home. Staff from both settings are liaising to organise a series of visits, the second of which was well timed to provide for some intergenerational craft activities focusing on Halloween. The […]
Staff and residents Yeovil’s newest care home are thrilled to have taken delivery of a wheelchair-accessible Peugeot Horizon, acquired with the specific purpose of making it easy to transport individuals around the town for one-on-one activities at favourite places. Manager Graham Oakes said: “It is so important to provide care for people with dementia that […]
Staff at a Wellington dementia care home have shown that support for residents need not be limited to what goes on inside the home by arranging a special jazz-themed outing for retired jazz-singer resident, Geoff Brown. Global Music Awards medal winning trumpeter Luis Martelo was already known to residents at Camelot House and Lodge, having […]
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. The upside-down work experience programme sparked memories and conversation among […]
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. The ‘Friends’ of Camelot House and Lodge have supported the creation of raised beds and other dementia-friendly aspects of the home’s garden […]
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. For this first occasion they chose the theme of ‘Putting on the Ritz,’ inspired by the reputation […]
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. While Zillah Oakes, who has been managing a 66 bed nursing home in Exeter since 2019, takes over in Wellington, her husband Graham is at the helm of the […]
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