Go Green-Fingers for Stow in Bloom!
We are really excited to announce the inaugural Stow in Bloom competition! Residents and others across out five homes have suggested ideas for categories, which include Best Hanging Basket, Tallest Sunflower and Best Edible display, as well as opportunities to create a craft or miniature garden! Judging will take place in the week starting 23 […]
Residents’ Care Home Olympics Success!
Our residents have been busy competing in the inaugural Suffolk Care Home Olympics! With competitions in fishing, boccia and curling, and specialist coaching from Elatus Sports, residents have been competing against 10 other local homes, including our sister homes at Stowlangtoft Hall and Melford Court. This has been a great experience for residents and we […]
Sister home Ford Place is ‘Outstanding’!
We are delighted to report that our sister home Ford Place has been awarded the coveted ‘Outstanding’ rating by CQC following an unannounced inspection in November. The inspectors said in their report: “We observed kind, compassionate staff spending time with people and their families to ensure peoples’ well-being and offering support around their individual needs.” […]
A Special Valentine’s Day at Brandon Park
Our Activities team have really outdone themselves this Valentine’s Day to make the dreary month of February a whole lot more fun! Not only have they supported great craft projects like the 3D heart that you can see resident Eddie working on opposite, but they also helped staff, residents and families to remember people who […]
National Award Success for Stow Healthcare!
We are thrilled to announce that as a company, Stow Healthcare has been named Care Employer of the Year at the inaugural Caring UK awards held in York in December. This is Stow Healthcare’s 1st company award and an achievement which we are hugely proud of. Brandon Park had its own success at these awards […]
Promotion for Sam Gallagher and Gordon Jamieson
There have been exciting changes in our leadership team in recent months, with Sam Gallagher (formerly Cutts) being promoted from her Deputy Manager role in December. Since taking over the role of Manager, Sam has been doing a fantastic job of continuing to drive up standards at Brandon Park. Sam was joined in June by […]
Dates for your Diary
Fri 16th June- ‘Care Home Open Day’ (An afternoon tea party) Sat 29th July- Brandon Park’s Annual Summer Fete – come and join the fun – more details to follow
Easter ‘Eggs’travaganza!
Easter has been particularly busy for us with lots of activities to bring residents, families and staff together over the Easter bank holiday weekend. We started off on Good Friday with ‘Posh Hat and Frocks”. The Ladies donned their best frocks and decorated their own Easter hats at the morning craft session. This was followed […]
Activities with Frances
As many of you know, Sarah has left the activities department to return to work as part of the care team. Frances has since done a wonderful job taking over as activities coordinator with a fresh pair of eyes and new ideas. Frances has worked in the care sector for 30 years and has previously […]
Stow Healthcare Nurse Maureen Tilbrook Reaches National Awards Final
Friday 31st March saw the Great British Care Award Final with Nurse Maureen Tilbrook from Stowlangtoft Hall reaching the final 6 in the country in the good nurse category, which is an outstanding achievement. The awards were hosted at the ICC in Birmingham where Maureen went along supported by her family and colleagues to a […]
