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.
Fall-prevention is key to keeping our residents well and healthy; 100 Day Challenges are about rapidly testing ideas to find new and better ways of working both in our homes and together with our local health professional colleagues.
Meet Anwar Kajee, Head of Hospitality at Country Court Care. Anwar has many years of experience in the care and hospitality industries and is dedicated to revolutionising care home catering using his unique approach, taking one meal at a time!
Flavia Burroni, a nurse at Belmont House and originally from Italy, has lived in the UK since 2016. During the course of her nursing career, she has got to know many people, but she’s become especially close to Vera and husband Kevin, who visits Vera every day at Belmont House Nursing Home in Stocksbridge.
The Country Court Care trekking teams have returned safely from their adventures on Mount Snowdon, raising over £3600 between them for Alzheimer’s Society.
