‘Nutrition and Hydration Week’ took place last week and to support this staff from Avante Care and Support care homes from around Kent took part in a ‘Bake Off’ competition with Celebrity Chef Rosemary Shrager judging the event. Avante Partnership, along with many other care providers across England held afternoon tea parties to help raise awareness for the importance of … Read More

A Chef from a local Kent care home ‘Court Regis’ in Sittingbourne, has been shortlisted to go through to a South East Region Cook off, for the ‘National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Care Cook Competition 2014’. Avante became members of the NACC last March having seen the publicity for Care Cook of the Year and thinking how great it … Read More

Avante News Winter Spring 2014 Avante Partnership’s latest Newsletter offering the latest stories and events throughout our organsiation, including Avante Care & Support, Avante Community Support and Stepahead Support.

Do you feel a bit flat after the Christmas period? Looking for something new and exciting to be part of? Avante Partnership is creating its very own choir for 2014 and we would like you to join in. You’ll be attending friendly, social, weekly rehearsals singing popular music run by local Choir leader, Sarah Devlin. This is a fun activity … Read More

It’s 100 years and counting for Emily Christmas, who is a resident at Avante’s Care and Support care home, “Riverdale Court” in Welling.  Born on the 4th of January 1914, Emily has lived through two World Wars and seen four Monarchs on the Throne. Emily was born in Bethnal Green and whilst watching ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ the … Read More

With our Avante care services meeting the challenge to care for older people with Dementia type conditions in our care homes, it’s nice to hear a relative perspective on how good care practice is being delivered at one of our care homes, Bridge Haven in Bridge, a village just outside Canterbury. “I think everyone who has watched as dementia takes … Read More

At Avante Care and Support we believe all our residents are special and each one often has an interesting story to tell.  This was exactly the case when staff at Pilgrims View, Snodland were surprised to find one of their residents, Anne Bentley had written a book which had been published! Over 30 years ago, Anne (nee Olsen) was living … Read More

Residents from Amherst Court care home, Chatham, were recently taken on a nostalgic outing to the RAF Museum in London. The four gentlemen, Donald, Dudley, Geoffrey and Ken, were escorted on the trip by Dawn Christopher, Activities Co-ordinator, they all thoroughly enjoyed the day out, which included getting up close to many historic and ground-breaking aircraft. Ken had previously worked … Read More

A brand new care home Puddingstone Grange in Plumstead, Greenwich, which opened at the end of November, has announced that it will be operating an intermediate care service as a pilot scheme. This service is designed to enable older people coming out of hospital a short stay at Puddingstone Grange for rehabilitation of between two to four weeks, to ensure … Read More

A local resident from Amherst Court care home in Chatham, part of Avante Care and Support, was able to have a trip down memory lane by travelling with a carer to London, visiting all the places where she grew up and then went on to enjoy a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Avante Care and Support who deliver a … Read More