Reptiles Prove Popular with Residents at Ashbourne Lodge
Frogs, spiders, snakes and a skunk were just some of the animals that paid a visit to residents at an Ashbourne based care home this week.The Derby based mobile educational…
Flavoured Foams Will Enable Care Home Residents to Taste Again
Flavoured foams are to be used by staff at an East Midlands care home company to give residents who are unable to eat and drink the ability to taste again.Peter…
Care Home Creates a Storm With Its Annual Christmas Fair In The Snow
Staff and residents at an Ashbourne care home, which used to be a hotel, have just celebrated their annual Christmas fair in style, raising an impressive £650.Residents and their relatives…
Care Home Invites People for Lunch to Combat Loneliness This Christmas
A Belper care home is inviting people over 65 to join its residents for a meal over the Christmas period in a bid to combat loneliness.Spencer Grove, in Springwood Gardens,…
Fifth Year for Freda’s Knitted Poppies Fundraiser
Pensioner Freda Walters has been busy with her knitting needles to raise hundreds of pounds for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal.Freda, aged 90, a resident at Milford House, Belper…
Why A Derbyshire Care Home Is Encouraging Staff To Come To Work in Their Pyjamas
Most people like wearing their comfy pyjamas and dressing gowns in their home – but surely you wouldn’t get away with wearing them to work…or would you?Well if you’re a…
Company Invests £80k in App Style Software That Records Residents’ Care
A care home company has invested £80,000 into care monitoring software which works like a mobile phone app and gives a comprehensive report on each resident.Milford Care, which has care homes in…
Milford Care Staff Hailed Some of Industry’s Finest
Outstanding staff at a care home company have been celebrating wins at the Great East Midlands Care Awards.Milford Care – which has homes across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire – took four…
Friends Put Best Foot Forward for Memory Walk
Two friends, who work in care, took part in a charity walk to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society after seeing the effects of the disease first hand.Rachael Parker, 36, and…
A Sweet Challenge for Care Home Staff and Residents
A care home company mixed things up as residents and staff competed in a bake-off style challenge.Milford Care, which has five care homes in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, held the competition…
