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Today was National Marshmallow Day, and Aliwal Manor Care Home had a brilliant time celebrating it!
Residents drank hot chocolates with lots of marshmallows in! They also made rocky road and melted chocolate with marshmallows as a fun and tasty activity.
It was a great excuse to enjoy some sweet treats - everybody had a marvellous time!

Sherrell House opened its doors on the Bank Holiday Weekend for their Summer Fete! The event was well-attended by residents, staff, family and the local community. They raised an amazing £98 for the Residents' Fund, so in the next Residents Meeting they will decide what to spend the money on!

Hunters Down featured twice in The Hunts Post Newspaper last week! Read the articles about their Intergenerational Gymnastics classes and Seaside event here!

Lime Court Care Home opened their doors for an Open Day on Saturday 25th 2018. Staff and residents enjoyed an outdoor BBQ in the gardens of Lime Court with their families and friends. It was lovely to have everybody together with their loved ones. They were entertained by singer Michelle Fulleylove, who sang a variety of songs for everyone to enjoy!
Finally the Summer Raffle was drawn, which raised an amazing £138 for the Lime Court Resident Amenity Fund. Thanks to everyone who attended the Open Day and contributed to the money raised!

Glennfield Care Home recently put out an appeal online for someone to make them a Wheel of Fortune!
They had a huge response, including a local company 5 Star Cases who offered to make their wheel. It was very popular at their recent Summer Fair, and will now be used for resident activities!
Glennfield look forward to working with 5 Star Cases again in the future.

Staff and residents of Sherrell House enjoyed some musical entertainment from a resident this week! Rosina played the piano in the lounge, whilst everybody sat around and sang along.
Everybody had a lovely time, especially Rosina! She said it brought back fond memories, as she used to play piano in pubs.

Castlemead Court Care Home held their annual Summer Fete last weekend! This was very much a community event, as local people were invited to sell their crafts and produce at the fete.
Overall the day was a huge success, and Castlemead would like to thank the local community for their part. All money raised will go towards the Residents Comfort Fund, for special days out and activities for the residents.
You can read this story in full on our website here: https://bit.ly/2P2ican

Hunters Down Care Home have appeared in the first edition of Huntingdonshire Countywide! The article features a lovely photo of our residents with the Mayor at Huntingdon In Bloom event. Hopefully this is the first of many appearances in the magazine!

Hunters Down won first place at Huntingdon's 'That's Entertainment' Carnival last weekend! Everybody spent weeks preparing their costumes - and as you can see from the photos, they certainly looked the part!
Everybody had a fantastic time, especially when the Mayor presented their trophy!
You can read the full story on our website here: https://bit.ly/2MjqYDZ

Sherrell House had a wonderful time this week celebrating a special birthday! A resident named Lorraine turned 104, so staff threw a birthday party for the occasion.
Lorraine celebrated with residents, staff and her family. The kitchen staff arranged a lovely meal, and made an amazing 104th birthday cake! Everybody got together and wished Lorraine a very happy 104th birthday.
Lorraine was so grateful - she even made a speech thanking everyone for attending, and said she didn'...t expect it at all! It was a lovely surprise.
Afterwards, Lorraine's daughter thanked the staff for the party and the residents for attending. Everyone had a lovely afternoon.
Happy 104th Birthday Lorraine!
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Hunters Down Care Home has very kindly been chosen by St Ives Waitrose for their Community Matters box scheme.
Waitrose customers are given a token at the end of their shop to place in one of three donation boxes. For the month of August, one of these boxes represents Hunters Down!
The more tokens they receive, the bigger proportion of the £1000 monthly donation they receive.
... The money raised will go towards the Residents Comfort Fund, which maintains the activities that the residents love so much.
Thank you very much to Waitrose and Waitrose customers!
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Sherrell House are holding a summer fête on Saturday 25th August - all are welcome! See further information below:

Thank you for joining us Brian!

Forget X- Factor - This year we held an Excelcare Recruitment Song & Dance Competition!
We wanted to showcase the talent we have within the Excelcare Family, as well as show the world how positive and rewarding working in the care industry can be! We asked our homes to send us fun music videos filmed within their care homes!
We received 7 fantastic entries from our fabulous teams at Etheldred House, Lime Court, Glennfield, St Fillans, The Willows, St George's Court and Westpo...rt!
Our overall winner was Etheldred House with their fantastic video showing a day in the life in the home. Please click here to view the video: https://bit.ly/2Moh6aY
If you are interested in working with our wonderful team, please check out our current vacancies on our careers website: https://careers.excelcareholdings.com/en- GB/
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Some lucky residents at Rheola Care Home enjoyed a beautiful day on the water this week! The home arrange a Ladybird Boat Trip each year, with a stop off for lunch! It was heavily raining on last year's trip, however this year the weather was perfect! The residents were able to sit out on the deck in the sunshine, before stopping off for a fish and chips lunch in Godmanchester. Everybody had a wonderful time enjoying the river views!

Last Friday, the British Gymnastic Foundation brought their pilot scheme, “Intergenerational Love to Move” to Hunters Down Care Home. This is designed and run by Kim Hall who started the popular “Love to Move” gymnastics scheme 3 years ago at Hunters Down.
The new scheme brings together the elderly and infants (0-15 months) in a fun-filled environment, to encourage movement and socialisation! The residents can watch the babies playing and interact with them.
Intergenerationa...l activities are valuable as both the babies and residents can learn and benefit from the interaction. The parents really enjoy coming to the care home and meeting our lovely residents.
Intergenerational Love to Move will be held at Hunters Down for the remainder of the summer holidays. Afterwards, it will move to Huntingdon Gym which residents are already familiar with - they regularly attend toddler gymnastics classes there. Everybody looks forward to continuing this scheme!
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Rheola Care Home have recently celebrated a special birthday! Thomas, a resident at the home turned 100 years old on 7th August.
Staff arranged an outdoor tea party to mark the occasion, and the sun was shining all day! Thomas' family were invited to enjoy the party with him outside in the gardens.
Thomas really enjoyed his special day, especially when he received his birthday card from the Queen!
... Everyone at Excelcare wishes Thomas a Happy 100th Birthday.
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Hunters Down Care Home have recently received some wonderful artwork to hang in their gardens.
The daughter-in-law of a resident in the home is the founder of Lincoln Art Ninja. She is an experienced art teacher, running groups of all ages and abilities who love to create and have fun!
The idea behind Art Ninja is to leave pieces of art in places where they will be found, in order to spread a smile! The people who find them can either re-hide the pieces, or keep them. The A...rt Ninjas kindly agreed to donate some of their fantastic artwork to brighten up Hunters Down's gardens.
There are now twenty-seven beautiful and colourful pictures of flowers, patterns, beach scenes and more hanging on the fences. As a result, the gardens now look vibrant and unique! Residents have said how lovely the art looks, and that they will even be able to admire them in the winter from the windows.
Thank you to Lincoln Art Ninja for their hard work!
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Hunters Down have created a 'Comfort Box' for those in the home living with dementia. This box contains items which trigger memories and help residents with way-finding. When residents are feeling anxious, talking about items associated with past memories can be comforting.
Hunters Down have filled the box with a knitted blanket, cosmetics, sweets, a teddy bear, music and more! Sound, taste and smell are particularly powerful senses for triggering memories. Having this box of familiar items can provide reassurance, as well as promote communication and socialisation between residents. The box has been received very well by residents in the home.

I worked as part of the Excelcare team for a few years and I loved it! I left because I relocated to Wales. Excelcare are a rare commodity in my opinion as they do actually CARE about the people living in the homes and the staff who work with/for them. They operate in an open and transparent way. The senior management team, regional teams, home managers and all staff are passionate about providing excellent standards of care whilst encouraging and supporting people to be as independent as possible. Home environments are clean, well maintained and well furnished, providing comfortable living conditions and outside spaces. Staff are encouraged to develop meaningful relationships with people and their families. Staff have all the necessary equipment they need to provide a safe and efficient service. The company strive to provide dementia friendly places to live so that people using the service can feel at ease and at home. Activities are provided to enable people to have fulfilling lives. Families/ friends of the people living in the services are supported, listened to and cared about. Staff are supported and encouraged to develop.

Well done Excelcare! �

I have just recently left Excelcare after working for them for 9 1/2 years... and its such a fantastic company to work for... i have only left to try and further my career in to nursing, if it wasnt for this i would of stayed... Glenfield Care Centre is the place to work... �

I have been working with Excelcare for 5 years . I love it . ❤️

Hi I work for Castlemead 8 year ago for fews years love it but I left due to wanted to go into people with learning disabilities. I worked in different homes since but couldn't settle any where . I missed Castlemead so much that 5 months ago came back and it's best thing ever did . I came back home. This where I belong and no where else. Great home great team and best home manager you can ever have . Castlemead is best place t your love one can live .It's very homely and lovely place to be xxxxx thanks Tracy Roberts xx

Excelcare is the best place I have worked so far. Great team and lovely people who care from the heart ! I am blessed to be working for excelcare 🌷🌿👏👏🤗

A caring company who have a staff team that go above and beyond to deliver a quality of life and person centred care

A caring Company with passionate, dedicated staff who go above and beyond to ensure loved ones are looked after, receive outstanding care and enjoy a meaningful life!!