Pilgrims View care home shortlisted for the Kent Care Awards

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Pilgrims View care home shortlisted for the Kent Care Awards with the help from resident Joan. Staff from Pilgrims View care home in Snodland, have recently been shortlisted for the 2018 Kent Care Awards. Three staff including Home Manager John Ogbe and Joan, a resident at Pilgrims View, spent the afternoon with a panel of judges at the Ashford International … Read More

Building confidence and friendships

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Building confidence and friendships Joan Gregory has been a resident at Court Regis care home in Sittingbourne, for almost a year. When she first arrived she was a very quiet and withdrawn lady. Although Joan would sometimes join in with activities at the home she usually kept herself to herself. Activity Coordinator Emma Ansley noticed the more Joan joined in … Read More

Bridging the generations

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On Wednesday 4 July Bridge Haven care home welcomed three little visitors from a local playschool. Magpies, a village community charity run playschool based in Boughton, Kent, took three of their children along to Bridge Haven care home to meet with residents and staff for the morning.

Pet interaction for Parkview residents

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Pet interaction for Parkview residents In August 2017 Parkview care home in Bexleyheath, was visited by Nightingale dogs, a company that specialise in therapeutic dog activities for people living with dementia. When the dogs arrived in the home there was an instant positive reaction from residents who automatically engaged with the dogs which in turn stimulated conversations with each other. … Read More