Grandma’s dementia leads Beth, 18, to a career in elderly care
A TEENAGER in Middlesbrough decided to launch a career caring for the elderly after seeing the decline of her grandmother…
Museum provides a window into the past for elderly residents
A MUSEUM trip turned into a stroll down memory lane for elderly care home residents – with exhibits all too…
Children and pensioners celebrate harvest festival together
SCHOOL children invited elderly care home residents in Stockton-on-Tees to attend their harvest festival. Residents from The Beeches Care Home,…
Best care home ancillary worker in Great Britain
HANDYMAN Chris Sorgorski has been named the best care home ancillary worker in Great Britain. The maintenance man for The…
Frightfully successful cupcake sale for cancer charity
SPOOK-TACULAR cupcakes decorated as bats, spiders, ghosts and ghouls have helped raise funds to support those with cancer. The creepy…
Gramophone music revived for elderly care home residents
THE GRAMOPHONE was brought back to life at a care home party – playing records rescued from a house demolition.…
Train journey back in time for Teesside care home residents
A TIME travelling train journey was enjoyed by Teesside care home residents when they stepped onto an 1840s railway station.…
Photographer’s Tyneside shots sparking memories for elderly residents with dementia
A PHOTOGRAPHER is helping elderly care home residents with dementia recall old memories with landscape shots of their favourite Tyneside…
Elderly armed with litter pickers for beach clean up campaign
ELDERLY care home residents have been litter picking on the coast as part of The Great British Beach Clean. Residents…
Duet between performers a century apart at Music Day event
A DUET of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by performers almost a century apart in age took place at a Teesside…
Blood Pressure Awareness Day marked at Blyth care home
STAFF and visitors to a Northumberland care home got their vital signs checked as part of Blood Pressure Awareness Day.…
Elderly feline better after a visit to a cat café
A MEETING with moggies at a cat café in Redcar has been proving therapeutic for elderly care home residents with…
Four-year-old Alisha paints flowers for elderly care home residents
FLOWERS have bloomed on a care home wall after four-year-old Alisha Brown was let loose with a paint brush. The…
Pensioner fundraises for care home almost 300-miles away
A PENSIONER was inspired to fundraise for a care home almost 300-miles away after seeing a video of her cousin…