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Following the UK Government’s easing of the COVID-19 lockdown guidelines and protocols, our Woking Day Care Centre in Surrey has been celebrating reopening their doors. The team, who are trained to support older people living with dementia, have been busy ensuring stringent infection control procedures are in place to enable them to welcome back their…
Last year and prior to the third Covid-19 lockdown, we built a range of Covid-Wise visiting areas at our care homes. Residents and their loved ones were able to enjoy face-to-face, protected ‘in person’ 30-minute visits. In November 2020, at Bradbury Court care home in Malvern, Margaret McDonald was the first resident able to enjoy…
As ever, our residents have been busy across all of our care homes, enjoying activities and celebrations. Here’s a look back at some highlights from May. Celebrations at Alton care home for resident’s milestone 100th birthday At our Alton-based residential care home, The Lawn, resident Frederick Bowpitt (known as Bill) had a lovely day marking…
We have a heart-warming update on a story we shared last September. Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic meant strict lockdown procedures for the country, a friendship between 94-year-old Madge, who is a resident at Little Bramingham Farm care home in Luton, and six-year-old Ella flourished as they became pen pal friends. Despite the 88-year age difference,…
Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my first blog! At Friends of the Elderly, we have been supporting older people for over a century. We run care homes and day care services in Bedfordshire, Dorset, Essex, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Worcestershire. We also provide grants for older people living on…