Entries by Camelot Care

OUTSTANDING NEW MANAGER FOR BUTTERFLY LODGE

Bristol’s loss is Plymouth’s gain in the case of care home manager, Clare Sinclair, recently appointed to the post at Butterfly Lodge in St Budeaux, who brings a Care Quality Commission (CQC) ‘Outstanding’ track record to her new position. Paul Teasdale, director of Camelot Care which runs Butterfly Lodge, said: “We are delighted to welcome […]

HOW THEY DO LOVE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE

Residents at a local dementia care home are being treated to a staycation with a difference, thanks to a beach environment that has been created especially for them at their landlocked home in Wellington, Somerset. The activities team at Camelot House and Lodge have been busy recreating a good old-fashioned day at the seaside, complete […]

LISA RETURNS TO BOOST WELLBEING IN DEMENTIA CARE

Residents at a specialist dementia care home in Bridgwater are benefitting from the focused attention of a new wellbeing co-ordinator who loves the home so much that after a short break working elsewhere she just couldn’t keep away. Lisa Priddice worked on the activities team and as a health care assistant at Avalon Nursing Home- […]

RETURN OF BOW THE THERAPY DOG

After an absence of over a year due to COVID, residents at a Wellington dementia care home have been delighted by the return of Bow the therapy dog, a firm favourite at Camelot House and Lodge where people have greatly missed his fortnightly visits. And six-year-old Bow, a schnauzer/poodle cross known as a schnoodle – […]

BAKE-OFF BONANZA BEATS THE BLUES

With DIY entertainment continuing to be the order of the day in care home settings under Covid restrictions, residents at Wellington’s Camelot House and Lodge have been treated to an in-house Great British Bake-Off which involved them in selecting their Star Bakers as well as tantalising everyone’s tastebuds. Activities organiser, Richard Dempslake, said: “The TV programme is a firm favourite with our residents so we thought it would be […]

CELEBRATING INTERNATATIONAL NURSES DAY

Residents at a Wellington care home have been enjoying a reminiscence session and craft activities to celebrate how much they respect the nurses who support them – and nurses up and down the country – in anticipation of International Nurses’ Day on 12 May. A couple of the residents living with dementia at Camelot House […]

DOUBLE WIN WITH DRUMMING ON EXERCISE BALLS

Residents at a Wellington dementia care home have enthusiastically embraced the latest musical innovation offered for their entertainment during lockdown – drumming on exercise balls. Co-ordinator Richard Dempslake, who leads the activities team at Camelot House and Lodge, launched an appeal to residents’ families through their Facebook group requesting donations of exercise balls to enable […]