⭐Scarecrow Festival 2021⭐ This years theme was Inspiration, so Milford House focused on 'Milford House - Face's of Inspiration'.
Read all about it here: https://www.milfordcare.co.uk/care-home-shows-unity-in-scarecrow-festival/
🍳 Day 4 of Hazelgrove’s Food Stories - Full English 🍳
Nothing beats a big ole' fry up when the weather's dropping. Our residents at Hazelgrove care home in #hucknall set up this beautiful table where they chatted over their buffet-style brekkie and read...
🌷 Gardening is a big part of a residents stay at a Milford Care home, especially if they've always had green fingers! With the raised flowerbeds at Buddleia House: Care Home residents can get stuck into planting their own colourful blooms and even potting up fruit and veg to eat...
✅ Card games
✅ Dominoes
✅ Sensory activities
✅ Musical moments
✅ Making cards
Our Activities Co-ordinator Vicky at Hazelgrove: Care Home has been super busy with the residents this week, enjoying plenty of hobbies that bring joy. Those smiles speak for themselves...
🥳 Milford House: Care Home have been utterly brilliant and only gone and got their "Derbyshire End of Life Quality Award 3 stars".
Registered Home Manager, Sheila, along with the rest of the Milford House team had this to say:
"We are...
Buddleia House: Care Home featuring in Nottinghamshire Live for being rated Outstanding + Good by Care Quality Commission (CQC).
CQC quoted: "Residents are treated with respect and dignity, and supported with individualised interest by staff who are skilled and take the time to get to know...
⭐It's been just over a year since we celebrated Sue & Lynn's 85 mile walk to raise £1500 for the The Meadows: Care Home residents fund.
We're still as proud today as the day we wrote the interview. If you're in need of a pick-me-up inspirational...
Jim and the team at Ashbourne Lodge Care Home are so thrilled that through the pandemic they have met all the standards to achieve the top rating of 3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️'s for the Derbyshire End of Life Quality Award (DELQA).
This is an incredible achievement - our homes...
🎤 We'll meet again.... 🎤
Buddleia House: Care Home #carehome #veralynn #montessoriactivity
Hazelgrove: Care Home's Olympic event preparations are coming along just swimmingly 🥰
🤩 This is Jean. Jean lives in our Duffield-based Milford House: Care Home and enjoys helping out with administration tasks. Today, Jean made the documents anonymous and ready for shredding which saved the admin team lots of time!
Like Jean, may of our residents like to...
🐶 Pet Therapy 🐶
The Meadows: Care Home had a visit from Betty the pooch yesterday and the residents were overjoyed!
In each of our Milford Care homes, we regularly practice pet therapy as it brings physical and mental health benefits as well...
💛A visit from the local school 💛
Children from Ashbourne Hilltop School used to visit our residents at Ashbourne Lodge Care Home before the pandemic began. They helped with activities, made food and played games. As the children are now carrying on their journey from primary to...
🏠 Have a pint in the pub, feed the chickens or visit the sweet shop! Buddleia House: Care Home is our newest Milford Care home, specialising in dementia care which helps to give our residents their independence back.
With everything designed meticulously within the home, Buddleia...
☀ Residents at Hazelgrove: Care Home have created a sun, sea and sand masterpiece in their garden by crafting a miniature beach and cottage garden.
We're so proud of the effort and artistic skill that's gone into this. Well done everyone! 💛 #carehome...
🎶 What a fabulous time Milford House: Care Home had this afternoon being entertained with Musical Zoom Sing-a-long. Our ladies joined in the actions and sang along with some 60's classics. How brilliant!
📖 Our friends over at Dementia the Montessori Way have created a collection of large print books which initiate conversation within each one of our Milford Care homes.
These brilliant stories cover everything from afternoon tea to sweets to holidays to motoring. They inspire our residents to...
Aloha everyone 🍍🎉
Cocktails, finger foods, karaoke and tons of fun was had this week at The Meadows’ Hawaiian themed party.
Milford Care’s six homes are always coming up with new ways to help residents to feel apart of the community, to voice opinions...
This is Julia. We’ve had the pleasure of having Julia’s expertise for 30 years, where she began working at The Meadows: Care Home as a nurse. Since 1991, Julia has climbed the Milford Care career ladder making her way to Home Manager then to Senior Manager at Milford Care’s HQ....
Alongside the celebrations of our win in the semi-finals, Ashbourne Lodge Care Home have also been enjoying the traditions of Wimbledon by having their very own tennis match! Strawberries and cream were devoured and so were the tennis ball-shaped cakes the residents made for afternoon tea. July, you’re outdoing yourself!...
It's #FeelGoodFriday so we wanted to share a #feelgood surprise for the The Meadows: Care Home residents.
2021 marks the 50th anniversary of Decimalisation. The Royal Mint Museum has launched an innovative ‘Museum in a box’ scheme to help the...
🏴Yes England! Last night’s victory has the residents at Hazelgrove: Care Home celebrating in style by making hats. It’s coming home 🎶
Hazelgrove: Care Home have been flying the flag for England today ready for the match tomorrow. Come on England! #euros2021 #carehome #CareHomeActivities #football
🏆 Our homes have been scoring some huge awards recently... to name a few! 🏆
Hazelgrove: Care Home and The Meadows: Care Home maintained their 5 star food rating's and Buddleia House: Care Home became the number #1 care home in Hucknall on carehome.co.uk....
🥣 This is Russell - our wonderful resident from Spencer Grove: Care Home helping himself to his usual continental breakfast. 🥣
For #WellbeingWednesday we're talking about our focus on person-centred care. Just like Russell, we believe that our residents come to our homes...
Hazelgrove: Care Home enjoyed their very own ice cream parlour with a side of champagne this week. Why go to the ice cream shop when you can create your own? 🍦☀ #carehome #CareHomeActivities #icecreamparlour
Today marks the end of our Nutrition and Hydration Week, where we’ve learnt about health, foods that give us energy and created some scrumptious meals!
Here’s a collection of some of the food that we enjoy at Milford Care. Meals range from pies to burgers, pizza...
🍦We have a #ThrowbackThursday with a twist! These photos were taken a year when Emma's Whippy ice cream van came to visit Spencer Grove: Care Home. The brilliant thing about #NutritionandHydrationWeek is that diet is about balance. It doesn't mean you can't have treats...
🍰☕️ It’s National Tea Party Day - our favourite. We need no excuse to serve tea and cakes in our homes - it’s a constant party for us!
Homemade by our talented catering teams, we serve lovingly-baked cakes, pastries and biscuits throughout the day which residents can...
Today, we're chatting all things water 💦 This Nutrition and Hydration Week, there’s a big emphasis on water and its benefits.
In these hot climates, it’s especially important to consume at least 2 litres or 8 glasses of water a day and even more if you’re out...
🍴 It’s Nutrition and Hydration week so it’s only right we highlight some of the classic meals our residents enjoy at Milford Care. 🍴
Today we’re starting with our menu. This menu is from our Grade ll listed home, Milford House: Care Home. All homes have a...
🍰 Who's for cake? 🍰
We have exciting news - Ashbourne Lodge Care Home are offering £5 afternoon teas for relatives and friends that visit their loved one.
For visits on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, relatives can book an afternoon tea for...
🌞 What glorious sunshine we've been having! Don has taken it upon himself to kindly mow the lawn in Milford House: Care Home’s beautiful gardens whilst soaking up the rays. Well done Don! 🌸
#carehome #carehomeactivities #montessoriactivities
What better way to start a Monday than with some fabulous, heartfelt words for our Milford House team in Milford, Derbyshire.
This is just one of many reviews that the home have. To read more of the reviews, please go to carehome.co.uk ❤️
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At Milford Care, it is the right of each resident in our care…
✔️ to be cared for with dignity, respect, compassion and kindness
✔️ to receive care based on individual needs and informed choice
✔️ to feel part of a community
✔️ to...
⭐️Drumroll please…⭐️ Buddleia House: Care Home have named the summer house and tea room ‘The Marigold Tea House’. It was suggested by their lovely resident Christine and picked out of the hat by our wonderful resident Rita.
Thank you to all that offered a suggestion. The...
🌻We’re putting one of our ‘Outstanding’ CQC care homes in the spotlight today. Ashbourne Lodge Care Home is a “boutique-hotel” style home which has won multiple awards, including Derbyshire Quality End of Life Award and national recognition in the Great British Care Awards. Some of its key features include:
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Come and enter our #competition at Buddleia House: Care Home! We need a name for our brand new summer house and tea room which will be announced on Tuesday 1st June. Comment below your ideas - we can't wait to read them! ☕️🍰
🌻 We’re putting our Duffield-based care home, Milford House: Care Home, in the spotlight today. This stunning home has won multiple awards and is known for its community spirit. Some of its key features include:
🏡 Grade ll listed Georgian manor house
✔️ CQC ‘Good’ rating
Midweek cocktail anyone? 😋🍹🧉
Ashbourne Lodge Care Home #carehome #carehomeactivities #cocktails
🤩 Well done everyone at Team Meadows for this glowing review.
We are constantly bombarded with words of thanks and we never tire of seeing them! Thank you to all of our teams who make Milford Care possible - you're our glowing stars⭐️
The...
Do you have Elvis moves? These Spencer Grove: Care Home residents do! 🕺🏻💃🏻
Spencer Grove residents were smiling from ear to ear after their fabulous dance session with @enrichingcommunities.
At Milford Care, we empower our residents to join in with...
Have you seen our rockin’ Buddleia House advert at Tesco? Tag a pic of yourself with our ad and tag #acdctribute 🤟We’d love to see!
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🎉 Hazelgrove: Care Home have started an Employee Of The Month award whereby staff nominate other colleagues using a ballet paper and say reasons why they should win the award.
We are proud to announce that this month's award was given to Sophie!
Sophie...
Our Spencer Grove: Care Home resident Tony, said he would only agree to shave his beard once the lockdown restrictions had been lifted. After the announcement that restrictions were being lifted, Tony stuck to his word and staff whipped off the beard!
Thanks for keeping us positive...
Who’s for cake? 🧁 Residents at Buddleia House let out their inner Mary Berry this week by making beautiful cupcakes, ready for afternoon tea with the other residents. Don’t they look delicious!
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For #NationalNursesDay2021, we’d like to say a huge thank you to our nurses for their unconditional services and dedication to our wonderful residents - you’re all fantastic 🧡
Celebrate with us by commenting and tagging an amazing nurse you know 📣
Buddleia House: Care Home's salon has been in full swing with our lovely ladies receiving some hair TLC. Don't they look fantastic 😍 #carehome #hairstylist #CareHomeActivities
We’re massively passionate about food – many call us foodie’s!
We love to serve wholesome, tummy-warming meals that truly hit the spot. Whether you’re a fan of pie or love a Friday night curry, we’re happy to accommodate it.
Find out more...
Every Thursday, Spencer Grove: Care Home and Young at Heart host an activity for the residents and local children, creating friendships between the generations.
Each week, our residents enjoy everything from making puppets to story time to virtual playtime. It's engaging for all involved.
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📣 We're so excited to unveil our new large lounge in Milford House: Care Home. It overlooks the gardens so residents can view nature and find tranquillity while playing games or having conversation.
This has been a long time in the making, with our Maintenance team...
Who fancies a midweek cheese and wine tasting? 🙋♀️🙋♂️
Ashbourne Lodge Care Home #carehome #carehomeuk #foodie
❤️ We love any kind of feedback at Milford Care, especially when it's so heartfelt, like the statement below. If you'd like to see how we can change the life of a loved one, send us any questions you may have to enquiries@milfordcare.co.uk where we'll be happy...
Spencer Grove: Care Home have welcomed the arrival of spring with a maypole dance. We love any excuse for a celebration at Milford Care! 🥳
Ashbourne Lodge Care Home's staff and residents are officially 99% vaccinated AND have hit 1000k likes! What a fantastic result for a brilliant care home. Well done Team Ashbourne Lodge! #carehome #1000klikes #vaccination
How does your garden grow? 🌱 Ashbourne Lodge Care Home has been experimenting with indoor gardening activities with their residents. We'll let you know how they're getting on!
Interaction and community spirit is important to our homes at Milford Care. We like to schedule weekly activities to give our residents routine and time for them to find their competitive streak!
📣 To find out more about our care options and our safe admissions process, email...
☀ Motivation Monday ☀
Sunshine is such an uplifter – whether that be for mood or motivation. Residents in all of our Milford Care homes have been enjoying catching rays in our gardens, making them feel happy and rejuvenated!
What makes you feel...
🍫 Each of our homes celebrated Easter in their own special way, bringing chocolate smiles to all the resident’s faces! We made bonnets, decorated eggs, got messages from our families and ate chocolate. We had a brilliant weekend... did you?
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The Meadows: Care Home have been super busy this week getting ready for Easter and spending some time in the garden making the most out of the sunshine.
They’ve had so much fun decorating the bonnets for the Easter Bonnet competition on Monday – we’re excited...
☀️Hazelgrove: Care Home have been super busy this week with lots of activities. From making Easter bonnets to relaxing in the gardens to book club, the residents have had a jam-packed calendar!
What activities have you been doing this week? #carehome
Sunshine calls for games in the garden ☀️ Buddleia House: Care Home played bowls, hoops and took lots of strolls outdoors today. Roll on summer! #carehome #carehomeactivities #sunshine
Our homes had a day to remember those who had suffered the effects of covid-19. It was a time to reflect, support and give hope to a brighter future.
Ashbourne Lodge Care Home in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, had a rose giving ceremony for both residents and staff...
Care for others. Make a difference.
For more information about positions within our Milford Care family, take a look at our jobs page: https://uk.indeed.com/cmp/Milford-Care/jobs #jobsincare #carehome #makeadifference #careforothers
We're so pleased to say we have started the journey to welcoming our residents' loved ones back into our homes. Thank you to everyone for your continued support. These pictures are from visits at Spencer Grove: Care Home and Milford House: Care Home 🥰 #carehome
Our lovely ladies of Spencer Grove: Care Home received some beautiful gifts yesterday. They had such big smiles, we just had to share!
#carehome #carehomes #mothersday
🌼"There are so many beautiful reasons to be happy"🌼
The residents at Buddleia House: Care Home have been enjoying spreading joy and positivity in the form of daffodils in aid of BBC Radio Derby's daffodil campaign. The home is now glistening with the yellow flowers in order...
Today, this happy couple have celebrated a wonderful 70 years of marriage together. Len and Barbara of Ashbourne Lodge Care Home have loved reading their cards and watching a lovely DVD sent in from their family.
They have been sharing their wedding day memories with all the...
Residents at Milford House: Care Home have been experimenting with arts and crafts today, making these beautiful displays in honour of Mother's Day.
Smiles were had all round! #carehome #CareHomeActivities #mothersday🌼
Milford Care were recently part of Derby College's Insight into Care Week, sharing interview and application tips and explaining more about the types of careers available at Milford Care.
Insight into Care was designed by Derby College to encourage young people in to the world of...
A message to all our amazing employees...
At Milford Care, we know that our employees are our greatest asset. Your dedication and commitment to our wonderful residents is recognised at all times, but especially in these most recent times which have been particularly tough. You have shown...
📚 It’s World Book Day today and in true Milford Care spirit, we’re using it as a reason to celebrate! Whether you’re a fan of the Agatha Christie classics or like to snuggle up with the fantasy greats of J.R.R Tolkien, today’s the day to appreciate the relaxation that comes...
Who needs night clubs when you can bust a move with these lovely residents!
The Meadows enjoyed a sing and dance session like no other and we're loving it. #carehome #CareHomeActivities #dance
The lovely Phillip from Hazelgrove: Care Home is over the moon with the turn out of his COVID-19 Interactive Awareness Club, held in the home with the other residents. Phillip hosted the chat to support his fellow residents with getting the vaccine.
We are extremely proud...
