We are pleased to announce that Tranby Park is a finalist in the ‘Best New Care Home in the UK’ category at the prestigious Pinders Healthcare Design Awards for 2020 in London. Laurence Garton, Development Director, said: “We are delighted that Tranby Park is a finalist for this award. The home’s facilities are fantastic but,…
Across the Yorkare Homes group Christmas activities are in full swing, with staff and residents getting into the festive spirit. The Homes are fully decorated and, as part of Challenge 19, residents had a number of challenges they could partake in. This included joining a choir, to perform a Christmas carol concert, and making Christmas…
Across the group, for Challenge 19, staff and residents held fancy dress parties for Halloween! A great effort was made by all of the Homes, with many friends and family joining in the fun. Each Home held an internal best dressed competition and entered the winning outfit to Head Office to choose an overall winner.…
We are pleased to announce that we have won a safety in care award from NASHICS (National Association of Safety and Health in Care Services)! We won the award after purchasing a number of Dechoker’s for each of our Homes when we saw the increased risks of swallowing difficulties in the elderly and that traditional…
We are pleased to announce Lindsey Hall was a finalist for a care home design award at the Knight Frank Healthcare & Senior Living Awards last night in London. Knight Frank are a leading healthcare consultancy firm and had been to judge the Home back in August. Laurence Garton, Development Director, attended the awards and…
We are proud to announce Yorkare Homes was named as one of London Stock Exchange’s 1000 Businesses to Inspire Britain! This annual list highlights dynamic businesses which are leaders in their sectors. The company was also included in the Insider: Growth 100 Awards, placing 9th, in the Yorkshire region for 2019. Again highlighting our performance…
For Yorkare Homes, 2019 is the Year of Challenges! Staff, Residents and families have been setting themselves tasks and having all sorts of fun! One of our residents, John Price, is completing a 1-mile sponsored swim for his personal ‘Challenge 19’. At 93 years old, John has spent years in the water and even taught…
For our in-home entertainment this month we have had a visit from the ‘Minster Minstrels’. They are a three-piece band compromising of a hard, flute and violin. With the addition of some piano playing in parts. They entertained our residents with some lovely classical music and granted requests of playing some favourites too. It was…
We love to keep our residents entertained with in home activities but also trips out and about too. This month has seen us visit Hull’s Street Life Museum, residents took in all the museum had to offer; from vintage buses, to cobble streets and tram lines. For many it was an emotional trip down memory…
Congratulations to everyone at Magdalen Park! Magdalen Park has been awarded Top 20 Recommended Care Home 2019 in Yorkshire and the Humber! The carehome.co.uk Top 20 Care Home Awards 2019 highlight the most recommended care homes in each region of the UK. The awards are based on over 120,000 reviews from care home residents as…
