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Stories from our Dementia Champions for World Alzheimer’s Month

Posted on 29 September 2023

In support of this year’s World Alzheimer’s Month and World Alzheimer’s Day, our Dementia Champions are sharing their experiences of supporting those living with dementia and talking about our Dementia Training Programme. After the age of 65, the likelihood of developing dementia roughly doubles every five years. We recognised this and took action and worked…

Afternoon tea and feline friends at Friends of the Elderly Malvern

Posted on 21 September 2023

To celebrate and support this year’s Afternoon Tea Week and International Cat Day, the care teams at our Malvern-based care homes, Davenham and Bradbury Court, hosted a special fundraising afternoon tea in aid of Cats Protection, the UK’s largest feline welfare charity. The link between Friends of the Elderly Malvern and Cats Protection stems from…

A celebration of summer at Friends of the Elderly

Posted on 13 September 2023

Hello and welcome to my latest blog post. I hope you are having a wonderful summer and enjoying the sunshine (when we have had it!). At Friends of the Elderly, we have been busy with lots of fun and exciting events and activities for our residents, clients and the local community. Here are some of…

Not Crufts, not scruffs – but lots of woofs at The Lawn’s first dog show

Posted on 13 September 2023

At our residential care home, The Lawn, in Alton, Hampshire, the residents had a ‘paw-fect’ day enjoying the home’s first ever Dog Show. Ten dogs of varying breeds took part in 10 award categories, cheered on by residents, their families, friends and the care team. Emma Cranstone, the Activities Co-ordinator at The Lawn, decided to…

Cowboy film loving Cedric has a rootin’ tootin’ 101st birthday in Woking

Posted on 11 September 2023

At Bernard Sunley, our Woking-based residential, nursing and dementia care home, Western and Cowboy film loving resident Cedric Vallint, has had a wonderful ‘Aces High’ day celebrating his milestone 101st birthday with his family, the care team and his care home friends. The care team at Bernard Sunley got on the bandwagon to make sure…