The new manager of Avalon Nursing Home in Bridgwater says her personal experience of having a grandmother with dementia is what inspires her to ensure all residents in her care are treated like members of her own family. When Tamsin Forde’s grandma Glenys was living with dementia and both visual and hearing impairments, Tamsin took […]
A woman who used to work as a cleaner at a Wellington care home has returned to visit the residents of Camelot House and Lodge accompanied by some special woolly visitors. The lambs, named Cookie, Tulip and Oreo, were brought into the home by Carole Taylor, who was able to borrow them from a smallholder […]
Residents of a dementia care home in Wellington responded with lively interest to a recent visit by a local guide dog user, accompanied with her canine companion, who shared with them her experience of life with the support of a guide dog. Jo Hogan has benefitted from the support of three dogs before the arrival […]
An activities co-ordinator with a romantic streak created a magical transformation at a specialist dementia care home Bridgwater on Valentine’s day, offering residents a ‘private dining’ experience so they could enjoy an intimate lunch with their loved ones. Lisa Priddice, who organises the activities programme at Avalon Nursing Home, said: “We wanted to provide an […]
A trip to see the Eden Project’s immersive winter music and light experience has put a twinkle in the eyes of residents living with dementia in a Plymouth care home. On two separate occasions, staff at Butterfly Lodge in St Budeaux helped those they care for to wrap up warm and headed west in the […]
The care team at Bridgwater’s Avalon Nursing Home has been named as Dementia Carer of the Year for the South West, beating off stiff competition from the rest of the region in the sector-leading Great British Care Awards, and will now go forward to the national awards event being held in Birmingham on 17 March. […]
A keen amateur photographer living with dementia is finding great joy in being supported to re-engage with his former hobby by staff at the home where he lives in Wellington. When 79-year-old Roger Jack moved into Camelot House and Lodge in October 2022, his family was asked to share details of his interests with the […]
A new community group, launched at the beginning of October to support worthy causes in the Plymouth area, raised £2,415 in its first two months and has gifted the money to a dementia care home in St Budeaux. Hearts and Smiles Together is a group of seven friends who collect donations and sell items for […]
A Japanese woman who has been living in the UK for nearly 30 years has been enjoying a ‘cultural experience day’ organised by her care home in Bridgwater to enable her to revisit her native heritage. Seventy-three-year-old Fumiko Mackintosh is the newest resident to move into specialist dementia care home Avalon, where staff arranged a […]
Wellington-based dementia care home Camelot House and Lodge has contributed over £130 to their local hospice’s autumn fundraising campaign after a ‘Wear it yellow’ day that saw the whole home drenched in sunshine colours and a range of fun money-making activities laid on. The home’s activities team brainstormed ways to embrace the yellow theme and […]
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