One of our ladies had her 93rd birthday celebration at lunch time recently. The cake was made in-house by our cook. The photo frame was beautiful with photos of her great grandchildren placed inside it. Another lady, Joan, celebrated her 95th birthday recently. Joan’s daughter sat outside in the back garden with a small picnic […]
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Cressingham House News – Poetry Afternoon
We have had a poetry afternoon today and thought you might like to read some poems written by some of the people we care for. Poem by Joyce Howells At Cressingham House nothing is too much trouble With lockdown imposed we’re in our little bubble The care and attention is second to none Just ask […]
Fair Havens News – A Special Thank You
We have had some fun days at Fair Havens in the last couple of months. We celebrated a resident’s 100th birthday and Jean loved her day. In September some of the residents enjoyed decorating hats and making glow stick flowers and rings. We would like to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to our staff and […]
Walmer House News – Happy Birthday!
Our newest resident, Gilly, celebrated her 88th birthday a few days after moving in and what better way of celebrating than with a cake!
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information
Keychange is currently working with friends and family to facilitate visits. We understand it has been a trying time, and we want to keep connections open as much as we possibly can. Every visit will be risk-assessed, and there is a protocol to follow. We aim for visits to happen in the safest way possible, […]
Alexander House News – Newsletter Extracts
Music and singing are a big part of life here at Alexander House, and the residents love choosing hymns to sing. Some hymns bring back memories of their childhood while other hymns are new to them. The residents always look forward to our services at Alexander House. This month we had Prayers and Hymns with […]
Sceats News – New-look and New-purpose Courtyard
This picture shows Joyce Batten, enjoying time in and helping with gardening in the courtyard garden during Covid-19 pandemic. At Sceats we were very happy and thankful to receive donated gifts from our local church of plants to bright up our immediate area (as seen in the picture). We commenced the planting but also updated […]
Erith House News – Crafts, Garden and Chocolate!
Arts and Crafts have been more important than ever in recent months – here one of our residents is proudly showing off the 3-D craft that she made. Our residents have been making the most of the sun in our garden and some of them also enjoy a daily walk taking walks around it and […]
Romans News – Cakes, Garden and Special Singer
We celebrated some birthdays recently with fabulous homemade cakes, including a Kitkat cake for a resident who was 86 years young, and a rose cake for another resident who was 94 years young. It has been lovely to make use of our back garden at Romans, where some of our residents have been enjoying the […]
Walmer House News – Surprises
Alan, a lifelong West Bromwich Albion supporter was surprised and delighted when he received a signed photograph from the current Manager which was organised by our Team Leader Natalie. One of our newest members of staff received a nice surprise recently when a teacher from her school arrived to present her with a House Lockdown […]
Romans News – Tales from Lockdown
Here at Romans we have received so many gifts, cards and expressions of kindness during lockdown. We wanted to respond and show our appreciation to those who have remembered us at this time, so we had a card-making session. Residents made cards to say thank you for gifts and thoughts from so many people. […]
