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After a four-year hiatus St Peter’s Hospice opened its gardens to the public for a special event in September 2024. Now people are being invited to view the gardens in Summertime with a new open day set for Sunday 22 June.
A popular ‘memory café’ aimed at supporting people living with dementia and their families is returning to The Rectory Care Home in Taunton this May.
Residents at The Rectory care home in Taunton were treated to a joyful celebration for VE Day, complete with music, dancing and plenty of wartime nostalgia.
A 90 year-old resident at a Yeovil care home shared touching memories with staff and friends as part of the celebrations held at Chestnut Lodge Nursing Home to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
Kim Donaldson has been appointed as General Manager for Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) following the acquisition of the clinic by FutureLife Group, a European provider of IVF, fertility treatments, and associated genetic services last year.
Teams of quizzers from 11 Bristol hotels came up with all the answers to raise £1,265 for the Brain Tumour Support charity.
Ahead of Dying Matters Week (5th – 11th May), St Peter’s Hospice in Bristol has launched a new strategy which aims to double the number of people it supports within the next five years.
Although Pat Dalgarno can no longer tend to her beloved garden, her husband Pete makes sure she always has something beautiful to look out on.
A sewing session sparked stories and smiles among residents at Camelot House and Lodge care home in Wellington.
Residents, families, friends and the team at St Benedict’s Nursing Home in Glastonbury have been coming together as part of April’s nationwide Celebrating Social Care campaign to demonstrate their appreciation of the love and effort that staff there put into every working day.
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.
