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Sowing The Seeds of Happiness In Our Care Home Worcester Garden
The gardens are a key space and part of daily life at Stanfield Nursing Home. Our care home Worcester gardens provides a space to relax and enjoy but is also a source of activity for our residents. When I had the house extended, I worked closely with an architect to...
What Do We Mean By Person Centred Care?
At our care home in Worcester, you will often hear us being referred to something called person centred care home. It's an ethos we follow which informs our care practices. The Person Centred Care Origin The Person-Centred Approach to care came from the work of the...
Upholding Dignity In Care: Dignity Action Day 2018
Today (1st February) marks Dignity Action Day 2018 (#DAD2018). Organised by Dignity in Care, Dignity Action Day is an annual opportunity for health and social care workers, and members of the public to uphold people's rights to dignity and provide a fun, memorable day...
Stanfield House: Our Worcester Care Home History
Owning and running an independent care home, which is also housed in a listed building, makes you responsible not only for the people who we care for here, but also the house too. Stanfield House is part of what makes our care home Worcester what it is today. Its...
Creating a Homely Christmas in a Care Home at Stanfield
Having a loved one spend Christmas in a care home can be a distressing prospect, particularly if the arrangement and decision to move them into a nursing home has been a recent one. Often this decision is taken at a crisis point. The individual in question may no...
Weekly Pamper Day Keeps Our Care Home Residents Glowing
Once a week at our dementia care home in Worcester, the female residents at Stanfield Nursing Home get to treat themselves at our Ladies Pamper Day. Organised by our activities coordinator, the Ladies Pamper Day is a key part of our care home activities programme and...
The Importance Of Quality Food in UK Nursing Homes
At our care home in Worcester, Stanfield Nursing Home, we regard the quality of the food provided to our residents as just as important as any other aspect of their care. Food and nutrition plays a powerful role in keeping people happy and healthy. That goes for...
Stanfield Nursing Home Hosts Macmillan Coffee Morning
Stanfield Nursing Home, our Worcestershire care home with nursing, recently raised £300 for Macmillan when we hosted a coffee morning as part of their World’s Biggest Coffee morning campaign. The event was a great success, both from the perspective of raising money for the charity and because it was a wonderful excuse for our residents and their family and friends to come along and spend time together.
Worcester Dementia Care Home – The View From One Of Our Carers [Video]
This blog forms part of my recently commissioned series of videos showcasing the philosophy and daily life at our Worcester dementia care home, Stanfield Nursing Home. In this article and accompanying video, Dan, one of our Senior Carers gives us his thoughts on...
Worcestershire Dementia Care Home | Health & Safety Policy [Video]
This blog forms part of my recently commissioned series of videos showcasing the philosophy and daily life at our Worcestershire dementia care home, Stanfield Nursing Home. In this article and accompanying video, I discuss our health & safety policy....