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Greensleeves Care home named National Care Home of the Year in hat-trick of national awards
A Greensleeves Care home in Suffolk has won three awards at the prestigious 2022 Caring UK Awards. Broadlands in Oulton Broad, got top spots in the categories of End-of-Life Care Team of the Year, Management Team of the Year, and the main award, National Care Home of...
Sharnbrook House hosts community Christmas fayre
Sharnbrook House, a not-for-profit Greensleeves Care home in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, hosted a Christmas Fayre for the local community and beyond last Friday. The home offered space to local businesses to hold stalls at the event, including Christmas crafts, and...
‘Marvellous’ crocodile experience at local care home
Residents of local care home, Kingston House, played host to some friendly crocodiles this week- not an everyday occurrence at the home! Keepers from Crocodiles of the World, a specialist zoo in Brize Norton, brought along some star members of the zoo’s reptile...
Gold for Greensleeves Care in Best Workplace Awards
Greensleeves Care has achieved a gold rating in Work’s ‘Employee’s Voice’ Best Workplace Awards 2022. The awards are issued as a result of colleague engagement questionnaires which detail everything from overall workplace happiness, wellbeing risk and confidence in...
The Orchards invests in new management roles
The Orchards, a Greensleeves Care home in Ely, has expanded its management team with the appointment of two support managers alongside new home manager, Sam Humphreys. With a collective 70+ years’ experience in care, the new team members are bringing knowledge and...
Remembrance Sunday: Debbie Hiley on her time in the Forces
Debbie Hiley is a Quality Standards Auditor at Greensleeves Care and has an extensive background in the Army. In light of Remembrance Sunday, Debbie spoke to us about her time in the Forces as well as her message to older people who have served. Can you give an...
Infection Prevention Week: Celebrating our Domestic Teams
This week marks International Infection Prevention Week 2022, which was first established in 1986 and each year aims to shine a light on the importance of hygiene in controlling infectious illnesses. This year, we are marking the occasion by showcasing the amazing...
Care home residents armchair-cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats
Residents at The Manor Care Home in Old Windsor are taking on a 1407km cycle throughout October and November, all from the comfort of their armchairs! The famous Land’s End to John O’Groats cycle will take place using pedal exercise equipment and residents are...
Case Study: Pam at Grosvenor House
Mrs Pam Hoad, 89, lives at Grosvenor House in St Leonards-on-Sea. A keen volunteer within the home, Pam covers the reception desk every weekend, letting people into the home, sorting out post and taking calls. Pam likes to keep busy, and throughout the week she takes...
Green-thumbed care home residents grow their own
Residents at Whitegates Care Home in Hastings are reaping the rewards of a ‘grow your own’ project, which has seen them grow all types of fruit and vegetables in the garden of the care home. What started with only a few residents has blossomed into a large group of...
