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Robyn Cross, Registered Manager at Beverley Parklands Care Home, received a Healthcare Hero award as part of this year’s Knight Franks Luxury Care Home Guide Awards, due to her extraordinary commitment to her residents and team during the pandemic. Knight Frank, healthcare property specialists, complete a guide to luxury care homes each year, of which…
We are delighted to announce that all of our residents across the group have now received (if able to) their first vaccinations and first steps back to normality! We anxiously wait for the dates when the second dose will be available, and we are able to open up again to our much missed family and…
After the residents really enjoyed this years Im a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! ITV show, the wonderful team at Magdalen Park decided they would surprise the residents by creating their own version. Every day for a full week residents and family members (on Facebook) voted for which staff member would do the gruesome…
After a tough year, with not a lot to celebrate, the teams across the Yorkare group decided they would make sure the residents got to celebrate Christmas and the start of the New Year in style! All the Homes activity teams came together to share ideas and created a fun-filled, varied and safe festive activity…
Our visiting rooms have continued to be a fantastic boost for both our residents and families over this last week, and have gained the nations attention with coverage on the BBC, Sky News, Daily Mirror and Daily Express. One of the visits included Richard and his daughter Isla visiting his grandmother Jean at Beverley Parklands.…
We are creating safe visiting rooms for our residents to be able to enjoy visits again from their loved ones during the Coronavirus Outbreak. A ground floor bedroom at each Home will be split into two rooms with an airtight Perspex divide, intercom system, and an external door out to the car park. Jonathan Garton,…
The residents and staff at Lindsey Hall have been treated to some musical performances recently, which have really helped maintain the high spirits at the Home. Catherine, a local musician, has kindly come and played her saxophone to the residents at Lindsey Hall at a safe distance in the gardens, taking it in turns to…
We continue to be impressed with how fantastic our teams, across the group, have handled the Coronavirus outbreak. They have remained vigilant in sticking to our strict safety guidance, whilst providing the highest quality of care. Here is a snippet of the work we have been doing to protect our residents and staff. New Government…
This years VE Day, which marks the day towards the end of World War Two when fighting came to an end in Europe, was a special one as it marked the 75th anniversary and our fantastic activity teams, across the group, still found a way for our residents to mark their respects and celebrate accordingly. At Beverley…
We made the decision to close our doors temporarily nearly two weeks ago, whilst we could assess the situation during this outbreak and this, unfortunately, was made a longer term measure after the recent government guidance. Whilst this has been a worrying time for residents, staff and families we have been amazed by the positivity…
