Acacia Mews Care Home in Hatfield welcomed Avery Ambassador, Sherrie Hewson, to our Champagne and Canapés Open Day on Thursday 14th February. To embrace the Valentine’s Day theme, we decorated the home with a giant love heart on the entrance doors and the tables were decorated using wooden love hearts that were painted and decorated…
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“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.” It’s not every day you meet your best friend from 80 years ago, but our residents are full of surprises. Eileen Gill came into Crispin Court Care Home for a short respite stay in January. Whilst here, she thought she recognised…
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Earlier this month, Pemberley House was delighted to welcome Avery Ambassador, stage and TV actress Sherrie Hewson to our Polish Coffee Morning. Despite the snowy weather outside, Sherrie was warmly welcomed into the home by Alison Sweetman, our Deputy Manager, and Chloe Webb, our Well-Being Coordinator. We decided to embrace a Polish theme for our…
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Many employees at Avery make a real difference in people’s lives. Some employees have worked at a home for over 20 years, some demonstrate strong leadership and some staff save the day when break-ins or floods happen. In February, Steve Tatler, Head Chef at Grove Park Care Home, Leeds, received a Managing Directors Award from…
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The Care Workers Charity (CWC) recently hosted its Awards for 2018, an inaugural ceremony to recognise those who have played a key part in the recent re-emergence of the charity and whose particular contribution merits acknowledgement. Avery is very proud to have been awarded Best Fundraising Campaign, with Commercial Director Mark Danis receiving the award…
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Avery Ambassador, Sherrie Hewson, was the special guest at Derby Heights Care Home’s Spanish Open Day on Friday 25th January. Sherrie was welcomed to the home by Patricia Partington, Avery’s relative’s Ambassador, who presented her with a basket of flowers. We were also tipped off that Sherrie liked Malteasers and Earl Grey tea so we…
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Grove Park Care Home in Leeds, in collaboration with the Continuous Advancement Programme (CAP) Awards, are delighted to announce that we have received a Silver Catering Award alongside a Gold Housekeeping Award! The CAP Awards look at the levels of Catering and Housekeeping within a business, and reward and promote high-quality standards. A series of…
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On Wednesday 23rd January, Loxley Park Assisted Living welcomed Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson to their 1950s extravaganza! To prepare for the event, residents made bunting and table decorations to go in the lounge. The rest of the home was decorated as a 1950s diner, with the bistro being set up for refreshments where we served…
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Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson was recently invited to our Winter Wonderland Grand Opening at Birchmere Mews Care Home in Solihull, where we had plenty of fun getting into the festive spirit! Residents from both floors joined together for our Winter Wonderland opening, which was celebrated on the Blythe Suite located on the ground floor. We…
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Birchmere House Care Home, Solihull, had the pleasure of welcoming Avery Ambassador Sherrie Hewson to our Christmas Open Day. We had an amazing Christmas Party; the home was decorated with fake snow, blow horns and party poppers, Disney Frozen themed balloons and a variety of Christmas hats! Sherrie was welcomed into the home with a…
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A Happy New Year to you all and welcome to the Winter 2018/19 edition of Welcome Home, Avery Healthcare’s in-house magazine for all of our residents, staff, their families and friends and for everyone involved with our leading care homes and independent living residencies nationwide. Fun and activities at all of our Avery homes continued apace last Autumn, with many great events and fundraising, plus…
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Kim Young is the Home Manager at Clare Court Care Home and her Regional Manager and colleagues felt she had demonstrated really strong leadership, transforming staff performance and morale at the home, as seen in Clare Court’s latest CQC inspection results. Kim has also truly embraced the implementation of the Life Story boards; when Jo Crossland, Head of Dementia Care, visited the home, she was very impressed by Kim’s work,…
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