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On this year's Emergency Services Day - 9 September - residents at Camelot Care's Yeovil dementia care home Chestnut Lodge were visited by firefighters from Yeovil Fire Station.
A new discount card scheme has been launched to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families.
Residents got a lovely surprise when a pair of Shetland ponies popped into their lounge at Butterfly Lodge in Plymouth to ‘neigh’ hello.
Internationally recognised fertility clinic, Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM), has launched its own in-house donor sperm bank - a dedicated service to make donor conception easier, safer, and more supportive for those who need donor sperm in order to have a baby.
With Somerset basking in sunshine, residents from The Rectory Care Home in Taunton enjoyed a day trip to two of the county’s garden centres.
A new children’s home nestled in serene woodland near Bodmin has opened its doors to support young people with disabilities.
Residents at Chestnut Lodge care home in Yeovil enjoyed a nostalgic journey back in time at a lively session featuring characters and memories from the rural life of days gone by.
It was a day of salt air and happy hearts as residents from The Rectory Care Home in Taunton enjoyed a trip to the seaside.
Staff at a specialist dementia care home in Wellington are celebrating confirmation of their fifth successive accreditation, with full marks for the third time in a row, from national standards body the Gold Standards Framework (GSF), awarded for the outstanding quality of palliative care they provide for residents.
Members of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) corps have ‘geared up’ to donate £200 towards a sensory garden at a Somerset nursing home.
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is excited to announce the return of its incredibly popular 100 Miles in October Challenge. The challenge invites participants of all ages and abilities to walk, run, swim, cycle, or hop their way to 100 miles throughout the month of October, all while raising vital funds for the charity’s life-saving service.
A same-sex couple who have made their home in Devon have become mums to a baby boy thanks to an inheritance from grandparents, the advice of friends and the skills of the team at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine.
The county’s integrated shared electronic health and care record – the Dorset Care Record (DCR) – has hit several major milestones in recent weeks.
Making ice-lollies and tropical punch has proved a great way to encourage elderly residents at a dementia care home in Wellington to maintain their fluid intake during the recent hot weather.
Staff at St Benedict’s Nursing Home Glastonbury have made it possible for a 100-year-old great grandmother Joan Hawken to join in the end-of-term jollity at the primary school where two of her great grandsons are pupils.
The wish of 86-year-old Bridgwater woman Margaret Brown to be reunited with her horse, Indy, after a separation of 12 months has been realized thanks to the efforts of staff at the dementia care home where she lives.
