Most of us at some point in our lives will be in contact with care services, be that in our work, as a service user, carer, relative or friend and when we do we hope we will be treated with dignity and respect. Over 2 million health and social care staff in the UK work…
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Special Visitor pops in for a cuppa at Lakeview Care Home
On Friday 28th September Residents, Visitors and Staff came together to host a Macmillan Coffee Morning at Lakeview Care Home and help raise vital funds for people living with cancer. Bringing millions of people together for coffee and cake each September, Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning has become a British institution over the…
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G’day from Australia
Waters Edge Care Home will continue on the around the world cruise trip and across September we will be visiting the wonderful country of Australia. Australia is a country and continent surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans. Its major cities – Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide – are coastal. Its capital, Canberra, is inland.…
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Family Fun Day
Lakeview Care Home are hosting a Family Fun Day on Wednesday 15th August between 11am – 4pm. Bouncy Castle, Face painting, Raffle, Tombola other stalls and great entertainment from Eddie Brown and Caribbean DJ.
‘Pam Catz’ headline act at a Great Wyrley care home
Residents at a Great Wyrley care home were thoroughly entertained by Pam Catz professional Drag artist to celebrate American Independence Day. Pam Catz’s professional drag queen act consists of singing, mime and comedy which was a real treat for residents, families and staff at Waters Edge Care Home. The home, owned by Alpha Health Care,…
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‘Our journey continues with a stop to the USA’
At the start of 2018 we embarked on our World Journey and around the world activities at Waters Edge Care Home. Across 2018 the residents are being taken on a journey around the world. We are now over half way through our world journey and the next stop is the United States of America (USA),…
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Waters Edge Care Home ‘Good’ with ‘kind and caring staff’
A Great Wyrley care home is celebrating after being awarded a ‘Good’ rating in a recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection. The CQC – the health and social care regulator for England – carried out an unannounced visit of Waters Edge Care Home, on Stafford Road, to inspect its standards of care and safety. Residents…
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Furry friends pay special visit to care homes
A host of farmyard friends spread a little animal magic when they visited two Great Wyrley care homes. The Mini Farm set up there mobile farm in the gardens of Lakeview on May 23. The visit enabled elderly residents at the homes to experience the sights, sounds and feel of the farm in the safety…
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Caribbean Fun at Waters Edge
In June we continue our Journey with a stop to the beautiful Caribbean Islands. The Caribbean Islands is a massive archipelago located in the Caribbean Sea, that can be subdivided into a few different regions: the Lucayan Archipelago, the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles and the ABC Islands. There are 13 sovereign states and 17 dependent territories…
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Into Africa!
During May we will continue our World Journey with an adventure in Africa. Africa has 54 sovereign countries and bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, by the Red Sea to the northeast, and by the Indian Ocean to the southeast. Africa is a vast continent and…
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