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Laura Hugill, Residential Lead at the home, had the hard job of leading a panel including a resident and resident's son to judge a recent bake off at Magdalen! Eight entries were made – and as can be seen from the photos below, all looked delicious. Prizes and certificates were given out at a short…
As part of the daily activities programme within the home, residents have been enjoying baking and flower arranging sessions in The Haven and Nursing Home respectively. Local florist, Barbara Clark, came over for the afternoon and showed residents how to make 5 different flower arrangements. These were then raffled off, with the proceeds going into…
The Care Quality Commission, which sets the standards for care homes up and down the country, rated the services at Westfield Park Nursing Home as good, just one rank down from the top rating of outstanding, following a visit in November. The areas assessed where the safety, effectiveness, how caring the staff are, responsiveness of…
Fred Crosswaite, one of the residents in the nursing home, has written this wonderful poem about Westfield Park we wanted to share with you: If you’re ever near Hook, just take a look at Westfield, for it’s not far away, the residents there are mostly old people in care, who still make the most out…
After the successful introduction at Westfield Park, Magdalen Park Nursing Home is proud to announce our new “Make a Wish” scheme. This gives residents the opportunity to let us know what they would really like to do, which we will then try and make come true. We have already made two wishes come true.…
We celebrated Christmas and New Year in style at Westfield Park. Santa came with presents to see all the residents in the Nursing Home, while Lady Santa delivered presents to everyone in the Haven. This was lots of fun for all involved and as you can see from the photographs even some of the carers…
We have had a lovely time at Magdalen Park celebrating Christmas and seeing the New Year in. A group of residents went to Sandhills, the local garden centre, to watch a flower arranging demonstration, a cake decorating demonstration and a performance by a Royal Accordion society. We have also had visits from Gillshill Primary, Hedon…
The residents and staff have recently enjoyed a Christmas party which the residents put together, with a little help, to say thank you to all the staff for their hard work. Steph Ashton, activity coordinator, said “during a recent residents' meeting it was discussed how the residents wanted to do something a little different to thank…
We are pleased to announce that Yorkare Homes has reached the final round of the Yorkshire and Humberside region of the Great British Care Awards in the “Employer” category. Paul Theaker has also reached the final round for “Best Ancillary Worker”. As handyman at Westfield Park Nursing Home everyone relies on him, working steadily in…
In September, residents and staff joined in the Hedon Scarecrow Walk by making Magdalen Park one of the stops. Judges were greeted by a number of scarecrows – Farmer John at the entrance looking after his pigs and sheep, Rapunzel letting her hair down over the balcony, a carer taking a walk with a resident…
