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Looking Back Whilst Enjoying the Present - Themed Rooms

There may be some controversy regarding themed rooms in residential and dementia care environments. Like Marmite, they’re not for...

Aug 8, 20192 min read

Music and Wellbeing

We’re working collaboratively with BBC Music Day to help bring music to everyone in the UK living with dementia by 2020, using BBC Music...

3 ways to design a dementia-friendly garden

Jul 30, 20193 min read

3 ways to design a dementia-friendly garden

The secret is variety, so make sure you have plenty of different species available for them to plant and interact with.

8. What do high performing homes do differently?

Jul 18, 20195 min read

8. What do high performing homes do differently?

... everyone encircled the resident in what appeared to be a ‘ring of care’ with the resident at the very heart of every activity, decision

Jul 16, 20191 min read

National Fishing Month

National Fishing Month runs from 26th July to 1st September this year and to help you get involved with your residents we have a whole...

Jul 12, 20191 min read

Sun cream, hats and jelly

The sun has got his hat on hip-hip-hip-hooray Extra care is needed on sunny days and we need to be careful that we're don't appear too...

Jul 12, 20191 min read

Jump back July

Wow - what happened to our blog? I can't believe that we haven't published a blog for a whole month. And that means that our monthly...

Jun 10, 20194 min read

7. The Open Door Policy explored

‘Does your home have an open door policy?’ This is often one of our first questions when visiting a care setting to which most reply ‘yes’

Working in a care home: Wellbeing & Activities Coordinator

Jun 7, 20193 min read

Working in a care home: Wellbeing & Activities Coordinator

Like many jobs, no day is the same; one day you could be throwing a themed event to celebrate summer and the next day you could be in a ...

Jun 1, 20191 min read

Action Calendar: Joyful June

Yay! It's the first day of June and that means another fantastic calendar page from Action for Happiness. Start the month off right by...

May 29, 20193 min read

Are you ready for June?

Everywhere you go, everything your read, it seems that we must focus on being mindful for our wellbeing. Working in the role of Activity ..

May 22, 20192 min read

Brave Bold Drama - Wonderland

Brave Bold Drama is a Bristol-based theatre and community arts company who work to dismantle the cultural and financial barriers that can...

SUCCESSFUL OPEN DAY ENJOYED AT WALBERTON PLACE CARE HOME

May 13, 20193 min read

SUCCESSFUL OPEN DAY ENJOYED AT WALBERTON PLACE CARE HOME

Walberton Place Care Home was officially opened on Thursday 25th April by Suzanne Clark, the chair of Walberton Parish Council, when she...

Blog 6: Telephone Boxes, Bus Stops, Taxis and Tractors: useful features or gimmicks?

May 9, 20195 min read

Blog 6: Telephone Boxes, Bus Stops, Taxis and Tractors: useful features or gimmicks?

The internet has been an amazing thing: it’s allowed us to find out so much more about the world we live in, to connect with people far ...

May 8, 20191 min read

Creative Wednesdays

There's always lots going on at Springhill Care Homes, a recent activity saw Riversway Nursing Home’s residents putting their artistic...

May 2, 20191 min read

Dementia

New type of dementia discovered

Researchers have identified a new form of dementia. Known as LATE, it shares many similarities with Alzheimer's disease, but tends to lead

Meaningful May 2019 - Action for Happiness

May 1, 20191 min read

Meaningful May 2019 - Action for Happiness

Happy May Day - The first of May has come full force and filled us with lots of energy and motivation to make a difference to the world. ...

Blog 5: It’s amazing what you can discover in the garden… about your residents!

Apr 18, 20196 min read

Blog 5: It’s amazing what you can discover in the garden… about your residents!

Intro to the series: In this monthly series we explore ways to make the most of the outside spaces around your care setting and help your...

Red Lippy Day 2019 for Dementia UK – 3rd May 2019

Apr 15, 20192 min read

Red Lippy Day 2019 for Dementia UK – 3rd May 2019

Jules Osmany started ‘Red Lippy Day’ 5 years ago, in a desperate attempt to do ‘something’ when her glamorous Mum, Gloria, succumbed to...

The power of a Jigsaw Dementia-friendly products that create enjoyable experiences