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Care home Army veteran welcomes soldiers
ARMY veteran Alan Conlin and other residents at a Stockton-on-Tees care home welcomed serving soldiers on Armistice Day. Alan, 81, welcomed the visitors and shared stories of his past career in the...
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RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch at Teesside care homes
STOCKTON pupils and care home residents have been working together to create bird feeders ahead of a national survey of Britain’s avian population. The RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch takes place from the...
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Hill Care website revamped for digital age
Wendy Waddicor, Managing Director at Hill Care HILL CARE has revamped its website to better meet the needs of residents, families and staff – with Wednesday, 1st February, set for the launch. The...
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Care homes cycle over 700 miles for Alzheimer’s Society
VOLUNTEERS from across Teesside have covered hundreds of miles on static bikes to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. Five care homes in Stockton, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool hosted the charity...
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Elderly care home residents travel back in time thanks to Salford Museum
ELDERLY Worsley residents have been researching their past as part of a Salford Museum reminiscence activity. Rations, the War and how life has changed were some of the topics being discussed by...
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Care home residents celebrate 75 years of marriage
LOVE at first sight led to 75 years of happy marriage for Holmewood Care Home residents Jack and Muriel George. The Chesterfield couple first met when Jack was visiting Muriel’s brother in 1936 and...
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Costumed bikers deliver Easter eggs to care home residents
EASTER bunnies, a gorilla, a beefeater Yeoman Warder and even Iron Man dropped into an Ingleby Barwick care home to delivery eggs to the elderly. The Boundary 500 Motorcycle Group donned costumes to...
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Runcorn care home staff climb Snowdon raising over £1000 for dementia care
STAFF from a Runcorn care home have scaled Snowdon and raised over £1,000 for those living with dementia. The sponsored walk to the peak of Wales’ highest mountain, at 1,085m, was tackled by staff...
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Chesterfield care home group has raised over £200 selling cupcakes for...
Sharing cupcakes! : (from left) Hill Care’s Amy Thomas, accounts assistant, Wendy Waddcor, managing director, and Amanda Roddis, group secretary. A CHESTERFIELD care home group has raised over £200...
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Youngsters & Elderly cycle over 200-miles for Alzheimer’s
YOUNG footballers and elderly care home residents covered almost 200 miles on exercise bikes as part of a charity cycling challenge in Chester le Street. Among the participants was 75-year-old Margaret...
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Care home welldressing champs at Bakewell Show
RHS Welldressing champions Burton Closes Hall Care Home ignored the downpours to teach the age old ceremonial art to Bakewell Show visitors. Despite the adverse weather conditions, staff from the home...
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Care workers abseil for Alzheimer’s off Liverpool Cathedral raises over £900
PETRIFIED care home workers abseiled from Liverpool cathedral to raise funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. Emma Willoughby, Lynn Walter and her niece Lucy Mellor strapped into harnesses and lowered...
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Chester-Le-Street care home names wing after local artist
A WING at Pelton Grange Care Home has been named after Chester-Le-Street artist George Levitt. The painter and photographer has been a long-term friend and supporter of the home, having donated eight...
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Knitters donate blankets to Thornaby’s elderly
GENEROUS knitters have donated homemade blankets to elderly care home residents in Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees. Marjorie Waller Marianne Kitching and Shirley Whitfield from the Thornaby Methodist Church...
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Hill Care’s Macmillan Coffee Mornings across the north raise hundreds
HUNDREDS of pounds have been raised for the fight against cancer after Hill Care homes across the north of England hosted charity coffee mornings. The events were part of a UK wide campaign organised...
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96-year-old Joyce enjoys a walk down memory lane
A FARM trip for elderly care home residents in Stockton on Tees brought back old memories for Joyce Marsay. The former farmer showed fellow residents how to milk a cow at visitor attraction Newham...
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Drag queen performs pop classics for Chester Le Street residents
ELDERLY care home residents enjoyed entertainment of an unusual sort when they attended a drag act in Chester Le Street. Residents from Pelton Grange Care Home, on Front Street, took a stroll to the...
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Stockton care home residents remember WW2
SURVIVORS of World War 2 took part in a week of reminiscence events and activities at The Beeches Care Home, in Stockton on Tees. The home’s residents requested the commemorative week to share their...
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Hair raising pain helps raise funds for those living with dementia
HAIR raising pain helped care home worker John Drury collect over £400 for elderly residents living with dementia. The deputy manager of The Beeches Care Home, in Stockton on Tees, had his legs waxed...
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Chesterfield’s elderly pay their respects to those who fell in both world wars
CHESTERFIELD’s elderly paid their respects to those who fell in both world wars and later conflicts on Remembrance Sunday. The residents of Barnfield Care Home all wore poppies with pride over the...
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