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Residents at Avalon Nursing Home in Bridgwater enjoyed a rare encounter with some of nature’s most majestic creatures during a visit by Somerset-based Sharandys Birds of Prey centre.
Teacher Zara Kindred is making good on a promise she made to her late father 10 years ago while he was being cared for at St Peter’s Hospice in Bristol.
Staff at Butterfly Lodge care home in Plymouth marked the lead-up to Easter with a Wacky Hair Day, donning quirky styles to raise a few smiles and collect raffle prizes.
Residents at a dementia care home in Yeovil paid homage to Elton John on the occasion of his 78th birthday on Tuesday, with a focus on the star’s well-known passion for unusual eye-wear.
The auction of an amazing home-made tower made of chocolate brownies raised an impressive £40 towards Red Nose Day as part of celebrations held at Plymouth dementia care home Butterfly Lodge.
Did you know the care of 1 in 5 patients at St Peter’s Hospice is provided by donations through Gifts in Wills? Did you know you can leave even 1% of your estate to charity in your Will? Did you know St Peter’s offers a free Will-writing service to supporters all year round?
A lifelong wrestling fan, Glastonbury’s Lynda Wilson brings the same enthusiasm to her work as she does to cheering on her favourite wrestlers.
Staff and supporters of a Bridgwater dementia care home have come up with a new fundraising project to bring their plans for a sensory garden closer to realisation.
Sedgemoor Crematorium has been praised by an industry inspector for delivering an “excellent level of service provision.”
The team at Chestnut Lodge Nursing Home in Yeovil is celebrating the second anniversary of the opening of the home with the great news every room is now fully booked and has a waiting list.
NHS patients around the country are now receiving a lifesaving medicine made from the plasma of blood donors in Bristol.
The management team at St Benedict’s Nursing Home in Glastonbury has been boosted with the appointment as deputy manager of experienced health care professional Peter Hansraj.
A trainee nurse who found her vocation when providing emergency first aid during her first career as cabin crew for British Airways, has welcomed the ‘broadening of her horizons’ experienced during her training placement in a Wellington dementia nursing home.
Much-loved local charity St Peter’s Hospice has launched its second retail ‘Superstore’ with the opening of a new unit in Portishead.
A 34-year-old NHS mental health wellbeing practitioner from Shepton Mallet is inviting anyone whose family has been affected by dementia to boost her fundraising effort on behalf of Alzheimer’s Society when she runs the Bath half marathon on Sunday 16 March.
