The Luxury Care Home Guide UK by Knight Frank, for 2020 has very recently been released and they have listed the care homes and care villages that their panel of judges believe to be ‘luxury’, based on the categories ‘design and luxury’. The guide has been stated by Julian Evans, the Head of Healthcare [...]

PrimeLife has been announced as the new provider to run Solihull Council’s new dementia care home, due to open in Shirley this autumn. The 60-bed modern, purpose built care home, is under construction on land just off Tanworth Lane adjacent to a medical centre. It will meet the needs of the increasing number of older people in the borough, [...]

To celebrate dignity action day, Kirklees care home hosted a coffee afternoon with dancing.

On the 25th January, Wellholme road celebrated Burns Night – a celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns. Wellholme’s celebration included a poem written by one of the residents, pictured below.

Residents at The Hollies made their own kites for International Kite Day. One resident showed the others how to make their kites even better. Unfortunately, the wind was not on our side, but all the residents had fun and some even said that the activities brought back childhood memories. The kites were then hung in the trees to show off [...]

Recently, Barons Park and Firlands were put through their paces with their annual I-Care Inspections. I-Care inspections are undertaken by the CCG (Health) to assess the quality of nursing services. The inspection process is usually very tough, so we’d like to congratulate the teams at both homes for for achieving scores of 96%.

Manager Sandra Robinson and her team at Southfield House saved a residents life through their prompt response recently. A resident was taken seriously ill and the actions of Sandra and her team enabled medical assistance to be summoned quickly. We are pleased to report that the resident is doing well after receiving emergency treatment. Sandra was very humble about her [...]

Our appreciation goes out to the staff at Firlands for holding an incredible Christmas party! [...]