Giving a spring face-lift to the garden of the dementia home in Bridgwater where his father has been living for the past year was the activity of choice for specialist fibre engineer, Andrew Chaplin and 10 of his colleagues for their spring volunteer day. Andrew’s dad Mike is a resident at Avalon Nursing Home, and […]
Staff at Butterfly Lodge Dementia Nursing Home in Plymouth are celebrating a quadruple haul of awards in the 2024 Celebrating Excellence in Care Awards, relaunched this year by Plymouth City Council for the first time since 2019. Manager Clare Sinclair scooped the coveted title of Care Home Manager of the Year, with her deputy Sarah […]
“I had not fallen in love until I met Sheila Dora Colman” recalls pensioner Ray Rowe looking back on meeting his future wife in late 50s Devon. Sixty-four years of marriage later – their love undimmed – the couple have been reliving some of their happiest moments thanks to staff at Butterfly Lodge care home […]
Dressing up costumes were chosen with World Book Day (7 March) in mind and worn by preschoolers from Bridgwater’s Little Montessori House were a great hit with their neighbours who live in the town’s Avalon Nursing Home. The youngsters all arrived at Avalon dressed as their favourite characters from their favourite books. Once they’d shown […]
A Bridgwater & Taunton College student studying health and social care has been so impressed by the dementia care home she teamed up with for her student placement she has applied to join them as a full-time employee. Student Madi Davis has spent 137 hours at the town’s Avalon Nursing Home since she started her […]
For care home resident Patricia, Wednesdays can’t come around quickly enough. It’s the day she gets to spend some quality time with her favourite pooch, border terrier MiMi, on her visits to Chestnut Lodge near Yeovil run by care provider Camelot Care. MiMi, 12, alongside her owner Ros Kanter, is a regular at the home […]
Dreams are coming true for residents at a specialist dementia care home who are being supported by staff to revisit favourite activities they thought they were no longer able to do. Ideas for entries for a wish-list entitled ‘If only I could’ have been put forward by staff members after individual chats with the people […]
Residents at a dementia care home in Wellington have been all fired up for Chinese New Year with a programme of themed activities, games and music over the last week and a grand Chinese buffet at the weekend. Zillah Oakes, manager of Camelot House and Lodge, said: “We did an interesting bit of research and […]
Staff and residents of Avalon Nursing Home in Bridgwater were keen to use the occasion of her 60th birthday to let nurse Paula Wagemans know just how much they appreciate her, with a special tribute and merry celebrations to mark the day. Paula, who is one of the clinical lead nurses at Avalon, has worked […]
A team of care professionals who work at a specialist dementia care home in Plymouth have been recognised for delivering excellent end-of-life care by St Luke’s Hospice in Plymouth, marking the fourth consecutive time staff at the home have been recognised for the excellent way they implement the charity’s focused Six Steps + programme. The […]
With over 16 years experience in providing top quality nursing and specialist dementia care to the elderly, Camelot Care is an award winning provider of care in the South West with three specialist homes based in Somerset and Devon. Highly recommended by residents and relatives alike, our homes provide a safe, comfortable and stimulating environment that enable our highly trained staff to provide the best possible care.