We’re raising the standard of our service with a new internal training programme praised by staff. Internal training was recently carried out at Fir Close, in Louth, Lincolnshire, which has inspired staff and improved levels of care. The training company, One Way Training, has introduced some innovative new ways to deliver the sessions. Barbara Lambert, from the training company, ran the short taught [...]

Two residents at Little Acres Nottingham have celebrated their relationship in a special blessing ceremony at the Nottingham home. David and Sheila met each other at Little Acres and they have been together for 5 years now. Recently they asked if a special ceremony could take place at the home to celebrate their love. They decided that a friendship blessing [...]

A knitting group at our Peaker Park home in Market Harborough has decided to knit for charity. The group has been going strong for 10 months now and it is open to anyone at the home who enjoys knitting. Margaret, Pat and Elizabeth [pictured below] are just three of our most enthusiastic residents, who come together with the rest of the group [...]

As part of our investment in quality and care, we have been piloting a new training programme introduced by Age UK called ‘Remember Me’, which will help us to develop a better understanding of dementia care. The programme was set up by Age UK in response to the Government’s National Dementia Strategy, which involves a targeted campaign with care home and [...]

Earlier this month, a relative of one of our residents nominated Beechlands care home for special recognition as part of a charity project run by ASDA Foundation. Harish Desai nominated the Leicester-based care home, which specialises in care for mental health, for the high quality of service that his brother, Kalpana Desai, receives at the home. After a decision making [...]

We’re thrilled to announce our plans for a 35-bed extension and addition of a new social centre to Scunthorpe-based Phoenix Park Care Village along with an extensive refurbishment programme and 8-bed extension at Little Acres in Nottinghamshire. We’ve also taken over the recently renamed care home ‘The Fieldings’, also in Nottinghamshire, completing an extensive overhaul of the environment, staff and processes [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]