Residents and staff at a dementia care home in Plymouth bid a fond farewell this week to the chaplain who has been supporting them for the past 14 years.
Joanna Bound has been visiting Butterfly Lodge under the Care Home Chaplaincy scheme run by Churches Together in Plymouth, leading acts of worship and contributing guidance and support at regular relatives’ meetings since 2010....
Residents at Plymouth dementia care home Butterfly Lodge have been the happy recipients of Christmas gifts from the public, donated and distributed by Dunelm as part of their national ‘Delivering Joy’ campaign.
Butterfly Lodge staff were invited to submit gift requests to their local store for inclusion in the retailer’s annual campaign, which last year saw 60,000 donated gifts across...
The former Deer Park Care Home in Holsworthy, which ceased trading at the end of March 2024, has been acquired by specialist dementia care providers Camelot Care .
The purpose-built home on Rydon Road stands in private grounds of approximately 1.8 acres, including gardens and generous parking.
A spokesperson for Camelot Care said: “We are excited to add this sizeable home to...
Dreams are coming true for residents at a specialist dementia care home who are being supported by staff to revisit favourite activities they thought they were no longer able to do.
Ideas for entries for a wish-list entitled ‘ If only I could’ have been put forward by staff members after individual chats with the people they support.
A team of care professionals who work at a specialist dementia care home in Plymouth have been recognised for delivering excellent end-of-life care by St Luke’s Hospice in Plymouth, marking the fourth consecutive time staff at the home have been recognised for the excellent way they implement the charity’s focused Six Steps + programme.
The four colleagues who have taken on the mantle...
Staff and families of residents at dementia care home Butterfly Lodge in St Budeaux, Plymouth, have been coming together to collect items for Plymouth Foodbank.
Abby Wiseman (pictured right), manager of Butterfly Lodge was inspired to start the collection after seeing local news stories about the difficulties some local parents have been experiencing in feeding their families during...
Residents of a dementia care home in Plymouth are enjoying an early taste of spring with a specially created indoor garden that has been installed in a cosy corridor at Butterfly Lodge.
The idea was the brainwave of service manager, Abby Wiseman, who was inspired by: “the promise of spring.”
Abby Wiseman said: “At this time of year we’re obviously not able to take our ladies...
