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2023 September highlights from our care homes and services

Posted on 4 October 2023

Across our care homes and services, residents had a wonderful time enjoying a mixture of fun activities and celebrations last month. Here are our 2023 September highlights: ‘Be a bit rebellious’, says Centenarian Bill on landmark birthday At Davenham care home in Malvern, the care team left nothing to chance in celebrating Bill Poulton’s landmark…

Honouring International Day of Older Persons at Friends of the Elderly

Posted on 30 September 2023

Each year on 1st October, we mark and honour the United Nations International Day of Older Persons (IDOP). In line with this year’s IDOP theme, our care home residents and day care clients have been celebrating aging and passing on their words of wisdom to the younger generation. Cedric Vallint, who is 101-years-old, has been…

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…

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…