Covid: Life on the frontline – Lindsay’s story
Lindsay Hood, the Surbiton Home’s Administration Manager, was hospitalised after catching Covid. In the latest Royal Star & Garter Covid: Life on the frontline series, the mum of two tells of the full…
Lindsay Hood, the Surbiton Home’s Administration Manager, was hospitalised after catching Covid. In the latest Royal Star & Garter Covid: Life on the frontline series, the mum of two tells of the full…
Ena lives at Royal Star & Garter’s High Wycombe Home. Ena’s husband was in the Army, serving at Dunkirk and taking part in the D-Day landings, but was killed in action in Belgium in 1944. Ena explains…
When volunteers were needed to take part in Covid vaccine tests, Royal Star & Garter Chairman Major General Tim Tyler stepped forward. Here, he explains his reasons for volunteering and the impact it …
When our Surbiton resident Phyllis tested positive for COVID-19, she feared for her life. Now, following her recovery, the 98-year-old WWII veteran explains her experiences.…
High Wycombe Activities & Volunteers Manager Hayley Helsdown looks at how she coped with the many challenges faced, and why, despite an uncertain future, there will always be “laughter, joy and singin…
Bernard, a 92-year-old RAF veteran, who lives at the Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton, tested positive for COVID-19. Now recovered and having tested negative, he speaks to Royal Star & Garter abou…
Cheryl Harbourne is Home Manager at our Solihull Home. Here, she speaks about her decision to ‘lock-in’ the Home for two weeks, the battle to keep out the virus, and her concerns for the future.…
Damian Walicki is a Lead Nurse at our Surbiton Home. Here he talks about the toll COVID-19 took on him mentally and physically, the heartbreak of losing residents to the virus, and his pride in the st…