Dementia Awareness Week 2016: Tapestry of Senses
Pauline Shaw, Director of Care & Service Development at The Royal Star & Garter Homes, talks about how we perceive the world when living with dementia. She describes a centenary project, invol…
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A Clean Getaway
I saw Eddie at the far end of the hallway and I thought to myself, “He’s early!” I knew this because I was 15 minutes early, with the intention of chatting with both Eddie and Zac before their shift…
Dementia Care Past & Present
Understanding dementia, and focussing on care and research, are key issues for today’s society, where there are over 820,000 people living with dementia in the UK, and a new case is diagnosed every th…
Preventing Dehydration in our Residents
At The Royal Star & Garter Homes we are so pleased to see that HRH The Duke of Edinburgh was well enough to return home for his 91st birthday following 5 days in hospital and is well on the road t…
The Bupa 10K Experience
The Big Day – the Bupa London 10K had arrived! With mounting anticipation, The Royal Star & Garter runners arrived at the meeting point in Green Park, with Jane our Events Marketing Co-ordinator …
Service to commemorate Florence Nightingale
On Wednesday 9th May, I attended the annual Service to commemorate the life of Florence Nightingale at Westminster Abbey. It was, as always, a wonderful occasion and particularly so as I was joined th…
Alex is off to University
It is true to say that Tuesday April 17th 2012 was one of the proudest days of my life. My daughter Alexandra, also known as Aircraftswoman Doyle, graduated from her basic training at RAF Halton in Bu…
Bed ‘beauty parade’
An important item of care equipment to which we have been giving a great deal of consideration is the selection of an appropriate bed for the new home in Surbiton. Our existing beds in Richmond were p…