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RESIDENTS at a York care home have been getting their hands dirty and being creative to support the wildlife around their premises.

'Fun-loving' Watford woman celebrates 100th birthday A "vibrant" Watford woman who recently celebrated her 100th birthday has revealed her key to long life - not worrying too much! Violet Dudgeon enjoyed the milestone this month at Prince Michael of Kent Court care home with family, friends and staff by having a safely arranged tea party. The centenarian, who worked in the distribution office for the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) during the Second World War, revealed she has always tried to relax, but joked that she had no advice for younger generations. “What would ...

Llandudno care home residents have been busy creating art for The Sketchbook Project at New York’s Brooklyn Art Library. Residents and staff at RMBI Care Co. Home Queen Elizabeth Court in Llandudno have taken part in The Sketchbook Project started in 2006 and currently has over 50,000 sketchbooks from 30,000 different creative people globally. Research has found that art sessions can have a positive effect during unsettling times, which helps to combat mental strain by unleashing the imagination to escape, and be innovative. Residents and staff had fun unleashing their artistic natu...

RESIDENTS from a care home in York were "delighted," to be able to meet their loved ones in person this week, for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The Connaught Court home in York has opened its doors to family visits, following new guidance from the Government, which allows each care home resident to receive visits from one family member or loved one. One of the first residents to be reunited with his wife in person was John Richardson. John said he was "extremely happy," to see his wife Judy and to be able to hold hands again.

Mrs Crane met and married her late husband Roy, who was a police officer. The couple lived happily in Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands, for 22 years and Mrs Crane describes him as having been “a wonderful husband!” She has enjoyed a very active life and has a love of flower arranging, holidays and sewing. Denise O’Brien, home manager at RMBI Care Co. Home Cornwallis Court, said: “Dorothy had a wonderful day celebrating her 101st birthday with residents at our home. "She received flowers, video messages and cards from her family and friends. She told me she was truly...