Life At The Island
We have recently been making the most of the sunny weather and residents have been keeping cool with some large paddling pools in our patio area.
Residents also practiced their origami skills, making paper boats to float on the water. This made for an excellent activity and very relaxing day....
Life At The Island
It is very important that our residents spend time in the local community as well as enjoying one another's company in our home and we recently had a big shopping trip to get supplies for the home with a group of residents.
Heading down to our local Sainsbury, residents loaded up the trollies and...
Life At The Island
Recently, one of our residents enjoyed a visit to local St Clements CE school where they joined the year 5's assembly.
We regularly head out with resdients and this was just one additional trip which was very much enjoyed!
Flying The Flag For Care Home Open Day
We recently celebrated Care Home open day on 16th June with an open day where they invited the local community to join and enjoy one another’s company, some great food along with the fantastic weather.
Care Home Open Day’s emphasis is on the importance of connecting with local comm...
Baileigh Awarded Hero Of The Month!
We are delighted to announce that our hero of the month is Baileigh, with the award being presented by colleagues and residents.
Deputy Manager, Baileigh, was nominated as staff member of the month due to her exceptional support in preparing for our recent CQC inspection.
She has also led...
Life At The Island Update
We recently had a trip down to Leysdown where residents enjoyed the time on the various slot machines and won rather a lot of prizes!
As you can see, there were so many tickets at one point that we did not know what to do with them.
This is just one of the many regular trips out our residents...
Supporting Carers Week 2017
We are supporting Carers Week 2017, an annual campaign raising awareness of caring from 12–18 June.
Carers Week highlights the challenges carers may face as well as the contributions they make to their community. The campaign is supported by individuals and organisations across the UK by pr...
Celebrating Ethel's Birthday
Staff, residents, family and friends always celebrate birthdays and we would like to say a big happy birthday to Ethel who we recently celebrated with.
Ethel was joined by family and presented with a lovely bunch of flowers along with a cake that was presented as everyone sung happy birthday over...
We are urging the community to stay hydrated this summer
We are encouraging older people, their families, friends and neighbours across Swale to think about staying hydrated this summer and how we can support vulnerable people in the community, who may be at risk.
As the weather starts to get warmer and the sun starts to come out, we are sending o...
Life At The Island Update
We have been making the most of the late spring sun this week and visited Mount Ephraim Gardens in Faversham.
Residents had a stroll around the grounds and enjoyed a toasted teacake along with a Mcflurry on the way back (as it was so hot!).
We have lots more outings planned for our residents o...