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Announcing our Greensleeves Care Awards 2024 nominees!
*Story updated July 2024 to reflect winners of each category (in bold). We are thrilled to share the inspiring nominees for our Greensleeves Care Awards 2024! This year, we received an incredible 395 nominations that speak to our colleagues’ dedication and passion for...
Greensleeves Care named among best care groups for 7th year running
Not-for-profit care provider Greensleeves Care has achieved a ‘Top 20 Large Care Home Group’ Award for 2024 from leading online care home directory, Carehome.co.uk, for the seventh year running. Greensleeves’ overall review score stands at 9.6 out of 10, the result of...
Greensleeves Care expands provision with acquisition of new home
Greensleeves Care has expanded its not-for-profit care provision with the acquisition of Broadacres, an award-winning, residential care home in Barton Turf, Norfolk. An independently owned and run home, Broadacres has been in operation as a care home for nearly 40...
Greensleeves Care releases new figures that reveal families’ winter care worries
Nearly 1 in 2 adults in England (47%) increase the assistance they provide their older relatives during the colder months, with around 14% of those saying their support ‘significantly increases’, new figures released by leading not-for-profit care provider...
Lifelong friends move into the same care home
Mary and Joyce were born in adjoining houses in the summer of 1939 in Ipswich. The two girls were joined at the hip from the moment they could walk and talk, spending their childhood days playing together in the streets. “We both became pretty good at climbing in and...
Warmth of Care special winter offers 2023/24
Join selected Greensleeves Care homes by 31 March and enjoy 10% off your weekly fees for a year, or 1 week for free on respite stays We are a not-for-profit group on a mission to help as many older people as possible experience great care. This is why, as part of our...
Annie’s Story
“I lived on my own for fifteen years after my husband passed away. I didn’t mind it so much in the summer, but the winters felt very long. With the cold weather and the dark afternoons, I wasn’t able to get out as much, and it was getting difficult to heat my...
Paul Newman: Good care is about protecting older people’s human rights
Every year, 1 October arrives and reminds us all to stop and appreciate the older generations around us. The day was designated by the UN as International Day of Older Persons in 1990. And this year it coincides with its UK’s ‘cousin’, Silver Sunday. This means double...
Mayor reopens ‘haven’ care home steeped in local history
On Friday 15 September, the Mayor of Tunbridge Wells helped to officially reopen Mount Ephraim House care home at an event attended by over 50 local professionals in health, care, businesses and beyond, alongside the home’s residents and their relatives. Operated by...
Alton care home celebrates ‘Good’ CQC rating with summer fayre
Celebrations are in full swing at Borovere Care Home in Alton as the home received a ‘Good’ rating from the adult social care regulator, CQC (Care Quality Commission). Residents and staff held a summer fayre for friends, family and neighbours to celebrate the report,...
