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And they said it wouldn’t last!
Somerset couple Frank and Patricia Baker celebrate 60 years of wedded bliss this month, even though the groom’s mother predicted the match wouldn’t last long. The pair met in 1957 at RAF Aldergrove in...
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Liverpool care home should not have banned daughter from visiting her mum...
A woman was banned from visiting her mother in a Liverpool care home after she complained about her treatment, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. The woman, whose mother had been...
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Brave mum joins forces with care organisation to launch awareness campaign
A brave mum whose three grown-up children all have a degenerative brain condition has joined forces with a care organisation to launch a new awareness campaign. Kim James, from Llay, near Wrexham, made...
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Tyneside care home resident’s wish fulfilled
Alex Dawson, a resident at Waverley Lodge Care Home, fulfils his wish to take a trip to the seaside to eat “proper” fish and chips. Alex Dawson is one of many residents at Waverley Lodge Care Home, in...
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Enthusiastic sailors from Peterborough care home transported down The River...
The Ladybird canal boat docked at Hartford Marina in Wyton recently to pick up staff and residents from HC-One’s The Elms care home in Peterborough. Enthusiastic sailors were transported down a...
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Marjorie has a rock and roll 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends
Congratulations to Anchor resident Marjorie Smith on reaching her 100th Birthday and what a memorable day she had. Tee Tatum, registered manager of Anchor’s Mill View care home in Bradford where...
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Derbyshire care home helps to blow away the stigma around dying
Milford House Care Home in Milford, Belper, has been helping its residents to start the difficult conversations about sensitive subjects as part of ‘Dying Matters Week’. On Friday all the residents...
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Steyning care home residents join forces with nursery children for Arts Festival
Residents from a care home in Steyning who joined forces with pre-schoolers on an art project have seen the fruits of their labour showcased at the annual Steyning Festival. Croft Meadow care home...
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Children bring joy to Scarborough nursing home
Scarborough’s Saint Cecilia’s Nursing Home and Wheatcroft Primary School have cemented a mutual friendship which is bringing benefits to both the home’s residents and the children. Throughout the...
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Exeter nursery tots enjoy fun and games with care home residents
The thwack of croquet mallets and the laughter of children was ringing out around the gardens at Green Tree Court as residents took on the youngsters from Chestnut Nursery for a game or two. Head of...
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Pulborough care home resident enjoys celebrating being 100 years young!
A resident has celebrated her 100th birthday at a Pulborough care home. Elsie Gray’s family organised a party in the gardens of Hillside Lodge care home in celebration of her centenary, where she was...
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Knitter Knatter sessions create little hats for neonatal babies
A group of elderly ladies and gents have spent weeks knitting hats for the neonatal department at the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton. The neonatal intensive care unit at Princess Anne Hospital...
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Kippingtons oldest resident Edna celebrates her 103rd birthday
Family time! Kippingtons nursing home’s oldest resident Edna May Oubridge, recently celebrated her 103rd Birthday. Edna who has lived at the home in Sevenoaks for the past year, was born on the 16th of...
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Hartford Care celebrates families
Hartford Care Family Day took place on Wednesday 15th August to acknowledge and celebrate everything about family. For the fourth time, the annual social occasion encouraged residents and more than 680...
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Centenary Celebrations And Joy For Ashbourne Care Home
Joy Wilmot, who was born in Plymouth in 1918, celebrated her 100th birthday on 13th August at Ashbourne Lodge Care Home, part of the Milford Care Group. Making use of the grand ballroom at Ashbourne...
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Platinum party for couple celebrating 70 years of wedded bliss
Morris Care’s Stretton Hall in Church Stretton, Shropshire, held a ‘Platinum Party’ for a special couple on their 70th wedding anniversary. Neville Mansfield, aged 92, and wife Joyce, aged 91, were...
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Bournemouth care home hits a high note with the local community
Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth recently opened its doors to the community to provide unique entertainment including an aerial hoop display and Milo the dancing dog. The state-of-the-art specialist...
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Residents and local communities are celebrating Succot at Jewish Care
Residents and community centre members across Jewish Care have been celebrating the Jewish harvest festival of Succot with the community, staff and volunteers. This week, year 4 children from Etz Chaim...
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Muriel, 84 cruises the world from the comfort of a Derbyshire care home
From the Caribbean to European hotspots, the world is Muriel’s oyster once again as she and fellow residents at a local care home are being whisked around the world on a series of country-themed...
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C4 teams up with The ExtraCare Charitable Trust for second series of Old...
Back Row left to right: Margaret, Lilian, Fred, Barbara, Ken and Beryl. Bottom Row:- Lis, Pauleen, Ismail, Renee, Mason, Sylvia, Sajaan, Victor, Zexh, Kathleen, Callen, Italiah, Scarlett, Lavinia and...
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