Earlier this month residents and staff at Westerlands elderly care home celebrated VE Day to mark 70 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe. The day was a wonderful opportunity for everyone to share memories and stories with each other, and there was plenty of music and dancing too. Roseyln Shallcross and a duo called Flashback [...]

At PrimeLife we always try to go above and beyond what is expected within the care industry, but this is particularly true of our practices in mental health care. Although mental illness is common there is still a strong social stigma attached to it, and people’s conditions are often made worse by the discrimination they receive. In our experience we [...]

Spring is in full swing and at Holmes House they’re certainly getting in the spirit with the launch of their ‘Living Eggs’ project. Earlier this month the Leicestershire based home introduced a number of chickens and provided incubators for some of the eggs to hatch. Both residents and staff took great pleasure in collecting freshly laid chicken eggs for cooking [...]

The North East Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) hosted their first local care home awards on March 16th of this year. Designed to celebrate the hard work that care homes put in, the ceremony brought together over 90 care home staff and local NHS staff. Awards across 14 categories were given out to both individuals and care homes as a [...]

Our Peaker Park Care Home in Market Harborough contributes towards fundraising challenge launched to pay tribute to a young man who sadly lost his battle with cancer. Laura Brown, of Market Harborough, Leicestershire, is attempting to scale the heights of Kilimanjaro this autumn in memory of her brother, Andrew Brown, with funds raised going to CLIC Sargent, which supports children [...]

By Bev Hopkins – Care Home Manager Stoneygate Oaklands   What sort of a care home is Stoneygate Oaklands? Stoneygate Oaklands, on London Road in Leicester is a care home for adults with mental health difficulties. Clients suffer from any number of mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, alcoholism, drug problems, loneliness, dissociative disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, anger problems, paranoia, [...]

What is Whistleblowing? Whistleblowing is about raising concerns when you feel that someone or something is unsafe in your workplace. It is speaking out about things that you may have seen or heard that are abusive or neglectful or may be putting the clients that you work with or yourself at risk. At PrimeLife it is not just [...]

Below you will find our Whistleblowing Policy (July 2014). For more information about our approach to Whistleblowing, including the introduction of our own dedicated confidential freephone number please click here. Whistleblowing Policy 1.    Definition Whistleblowing Whistleblowing is the act of raising concerns about malpractice, wrongdoing or fraud at work. Employees are often the first to realise that there is [...]