About Balhousie Care Group
Balhousie is Scotland's leading provider of care for the elderly, with 25 care homes in the East of Scotland. Care is at the forefront of all that we do.
Balhousie Care Group Description
As we get older, we all have our own specific care and support needs. Here at Balhousie Care, our team is passionate about delivering the highest quality care and support to our residents, ensuring that our homes really are a 'home-from-home'.
‘The Balhousie Way’ is our own little term which describes the way in which we like to run our homes. Always with care at our core, always with our residents in mind.
We treat all of our residents as individuals and appreciate that each one is unique, with different likes, dislikes, needs and care requirements. Each of our twenty-five care homes reflect this and aim to cater for the specific care needs of every resident.
Our nursing, care and support staff are our core, they're what makes us tick as an organisation. They are on the front line of contact with our residents; always there, providing genuine care, no matter what. It is impossible to measure their contribution to our organisation and without them, we simply could not function.
Reviews
“We have input over what we cook at home, so why wouldn’t care home residents be involved in what’s on the menus? This is their home, after all, not ours.” D. Blackwood. Click the link to read about our cook-off with a difference this #DementiaAwareness week as #BalhousieCareGroup launched revamped menus for our 25 care homes ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #DAW19
As part of #DementiaAwareweek our hospitality services manager David Blackwood led a 2 day intensive food and nutrition conference for our in home chefs and home managers. David explains "to provide great care at all levels, we must place ourselves in our residents shoes and try to experience things from their perspective." Here's some of the group experiencing a range of sight impairments. #BalhousieCare #DAW19
Conversation and communication has been flowing throughout our #carehomes today as we ask our teams and residents what matters to them. Our folks in Crieff approached the question by using a range of techniques to aid effective communication, which included making eye contact, actively listening, allowing time to answer and taking notes on their findings. Team members then shared their own #WhatMattersToYou statements to help build upon their working relationships in the home. Well done Team Dalnaglar! #BalhousieCare #WMTY19
How good are your listening skills? Do you simply hear or are you actively listening? In order to truly care for and support our fellow man, we must firstly know what matters to each individual we #care for. #BalhousieCare is joining hands around #Scotland today by asking the question "what matters to you?" #WMTY19 What Matters To You? Click the link to find out more and join the conversation.
#BalhousieCare Moyness invite you to join residents, friends, families and care teams in their beautiful home and gardens to celebrate #DementiaAwarenessWeek. Come and meet friends old and new, and learn about living well in a care home. Purple themed #teaparty kicks off today at 2pm. #DAW2019
Getting ready for #SSSA2019 awards! Proud to have two nominations 👌
Very proud of #Balhousiecare teams and individuals who have made it to the #SSSAwards as finalists today. Tanya Smith for her #activity and #participation work and our #dementia team for their work on cognitive stimulation #CST Wishing everyone at the awards ceremony a great day celebrating #care successes throughout #Scotland #SSSA19
#BalhousieCare #chefs conference and #cook off off to a great start this morning at Dundee and Angus College. Our David Blackwood, Hospitality Services Manager has a full day in store for chefs and home managers, learning and sharing best practice with some key members in the industry. #Health #care #Careers #Food #nutrition
You are invited to join our folks at Balhousie Stormont Lodge for a purple themed afternoon of socialising, including refreshments, home baking and musical entertainment in aid of #DementiaAwarenessWeek All welcome 😁 #BalhousieCare #DAW2019 #Community
We kicked off #DementiaAwarenessWeek with the grand opening of a very special dementia-friendly garden yesterday, which has been a collaboration between #BalhousieCare residents, staff and #Dundee Men’s Shed. Read all about the project here ⬇️⬇️ #DAW2019
Patsy and Jim, residents of St. Ronans in #Dundee filming with artist Suzanne Scott WhimSicAL LusH and Baby Grand Productions today for the launch video of Oor Wullie's BIG Bucket Trail They had a lovely sunny day for it and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Great job Patsy and Jim! #BalhousieCare
In association with #DementiaAwarenessWeek our team at Balhousie St Ronan's INVITE YOU to join them, their residents, families and friends at the home for their OPEN INFORMATION DAY, 10am to 4pm tomorrow. They have got a full day of things planned, including the opportunity to try out our innovative AGE SIMULATION SUIT. #BalhousieCare #DAW2019
It's wonderful to see our care home residents #livingwell and #socialising with their local #community members. In honour of #DementiaAwarenessWeek, Balhousie Forth View invite you to join them tomorrow for an afternoon of live music entertainment and refreshments. All Welcome. #BalhousieCare #DAW2019
As Scotland marks #DementiaAwarenessWeek our operations #dementia manager Yvonne Manson explains the thinking behind our new dementia-friendly signage. Click the link to read about this innovative practice assisting our residents in everyday living. #BalhousieCare
Come along to the GRAND UNVEILING of our NEWLY REFURBISHED GARDENS at Balhousie Clement Park Care Home in Dundee TODAY! With a brand new putting green for all to use; new seating areas; individually designed and hand painted bird houses, benches, and garden ornaments; not to mention a vast array of flowers and plants to keep the wildlife happy, there really is something for everyone to enjoy. #BalhousieCare #DAW2019 #DementiaAwarenessWeek
Come along to our DEMENTIA AWARENESS EVENING Tuesday at 6pm, where members of #BalhousieCareGroup dementia advisory team will be providing useful information on #LivingWell with #dementia and will be on hand to answer any questions. This is an informal event where we encourage our residents, families, friends and communities to join together in supporting one another in friendship. #DementiaAwarenessWeek #DAAW2019
Jings! Criven's! Help ma Boab! Oor Wullies wee cheeks are aw rosy after his cheerio kisses from our #BalhousieCare ladies. Here's our dementia services advisers Emma and Cheryl, with dementia ambassador and artist Gail, saying their goodbyes to 'Oor Inclusive' as he heads off into safe storage before he sets out on this years Oor Wullie's BIG Bucket Trail We can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of his awesome dungarees made by our #carehome residents and local school kids. Wild in Art The Archie Foundation Tayside That Girl Gail
#ThursdayThoughts.....Sometimes it's the simplest acts of kindness that mean the most. A big thank you to Debbie Biggart, neighbour to our #BalhousieCare Rumbling Bridge home who nipped round with these beautiful flowers for service users and their care team. Debbie you really brightened up our day! 🤩