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Pilgrims View care home introduces Nourish care planning technology.
Pilgrims View has introduced Nourish, an app-based care management platform that will enable Avante Care & Support to remove paper care...

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Mar 23, 20222 min read


Care Home Activities: Not just flower arranging!
Are you really stuck for ideas?
Sometimes it's just a case of thinking around what your are already planning.

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Feb 10, 20221 min read


Why we're not celebrating the Queen's Jubilee this Friday!
On 6th February 1952, King George VI was discovered dead in his bed by one of his servants at Sandringham House. He was just 56 years...

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Jan 31, 20222 min read


Life Story Books - “Chocolate for the Brain”
Life Story Books are a perfect example of this theory in action- celebrating and capturing key milestones in stories and pictures...

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Jan 31, 20222 min read


Maisie's going skydiving
I was thrilled to hear from my daughter Maisie last week, when she announced she was going skydiving. Okay, yes I was a little bit...

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Jan 28, 20221 min read


"A drinks too wet without one!"
Are you running out of ideas for Hot Tea Month? As we are fast approaching the end of January, some Activities Coordinators appear to...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jan 24, 20221 min read


CARE HOME ACTIVITIES FACTORY (CHAF)
Sam Dondi-Smith from interactiveMe set up this online service over a year ago to help Activity Coordinators during through the pandemic....

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jan 24, 20221 min read


Grandma's Superstar - January Book of the Month
Huge thanks to Leah Blackwell for sending me a copy of her first book Grandma's Superstar. Leah has worked in dementia care for over...

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Jan 21, 20221 min read
Psychology Study into Caregiver Burden
Evangeline Fisher Studies Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. Read on to find out more about a survey she conducting about...

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Jan 13, 20221 min read


Royal Mint Museum reminiscence boxes
THE ROYAL MINT MUSEUM REMINISCENCE PROJECT RECIEVES TECHNOLOGY DONATION TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY The Royal Mint Museum is running an...

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Dec 27, 20212 min read


Equine therapy: How horses can help those with dementia.
Horse & Country are a leading equestrian sports and lifestyle network that provides over 40 million households with exclusive coverage of...

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Dec 14, 20213 min read


Managers Activity of the Week
There has been a new lease of life given to Manor Lodge Care Home. The home, based in Harrow, recently as they launched a new weekly...

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Nov 30, 20212 min read


Christmas Fundraising
Please remember to use #easyfundraising when you do your Christmas shopping. Over 6,000 shops and sites will donate to Bright Copper...

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Nov 30, 20211 min read


New to the Entertainment Directory
New acts are being added to my Entertainment Directory this week. Paul Ray, magician and singer, from Shrewsbury is now listed in...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Nov 29, 20211 min read


Talented Artists Championed at Tallington Lodge.
As part of a month of art therapy activities residents at Tallington Lodge have been recreating famous works of art and iconic...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Nov 9, 20212 min read


4 tips for creating a dementia-friendly home
Looking to make accommodation that's both accessible and comfortable for a person with dementia? Alison Hughes from furniture specialists...

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Oct 19, 20214 min read


Beech Lodge Care & Nursing Home residents go back to school
Care and Nursing Homes across the Country Court group were encouraged to use residents’ ideas and memories of school days to create fun...

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Oct 7, 20212 min read


ENTERTAINER AWARDED LOTTERY FUNDINGTO ENRICH THE LIVES OF CARE HOME RESIDENTS
Kent based musician Rob Tompsett has been awarded funding through Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants to provide much needed...

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Sep 27, 20212 min read


Connect: Lisa Marshall-Hill
Last week I came across Lisa Marshall-Hill. I read about her photography project involving people with dementia and I'm looking forward...

Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Sep 14, 20212 min read


Jigsaw Memories
James Knowles is another entrepreneur in the care industry who was inspired by his own personal experiences. In 2012 his mother, Joan,...

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Sep 13, 20211 min read
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