It’s great to start the new year with good intentions, but sometimes it’s difficult to know where to begin. We’ve put together a few new year resolution ideas for older people focussing on staying healthy, happy and active.
Country Court are helping to bring back the magic of Christmas to older people in the local community by joining the reengage.org Community Christmas initiative to help ensure no elderly person spends Christmas Day alone.
Meet Chloe, our Customer Relations Advisor at Tallington Lodge Care Home near Stamford in Lincolnshire. Chloe is the first point of contact for families of residents at Tallington Lodge, both for families thinking about a care home and those already residents. She tells what motivated her to become a Dementia Champion.
At Country Court Care we are about celebrating life every day; delivering five-star catering and hospitality and making mealtimes a sociable, shared experience to bring people together are key to this.
Not one but three Country Court Care residents celebrate their 100th Birthdays this month, the three centenarians shared some of their life stories with us and tips for living to 100 years old!
Choosing the right type of care can be a difficult and confusing time, there’s lots of terminology and so many choices on offer. Our latest blog explains a little more about respite care and why it could be a good place to start when choosing a care home.
Maria is our Customer Relations Manager at Lakeview Lodge Care Home in Milton Keynes, she tells us what motivated her to pull on her trainers and join an Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk
Oomph! Regional Wellbeing Coordinator, Lisa Wilson, discusses the importance of Arts in care settings, and how this translates practically for Wellbeing Team.
As part of our Care to Create initiative we have been encouraging our residents to put pen to paper and engage with the written word. For some residents, it has been many years since they’ve had the opportunity to try their hand at letter writing or poetry but for others, like Margaret Lamb resident at The Grove Care Home, writing is a much-loved lifelong hobby.
Wellbeing & Activities Coordinator, Lucy, explains more about how the arts can be incorporated in day to day activities, bringing out the best in people in their care home.
