July 2014 – The Royal Star & Garter Homes is delighted to announce the 108th birthday of Surbiton Home resident, Jack Ovens. Jack is believed to be the oldest man in Kingston borough. Born in Ted…
July 2014 - Staff at The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull were honoured to receive a tapestry, depicting the Star & Garter emblem, handmade by one of the residents, Ivor Jackman. Ivor cam…
May 2014 – 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 (1), and a new case is dia…
April 2014 - The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull has purchased a selection of Rempods for the Home. Remembrance Pods or ‘Rempods’ are a reminiscence tool for the elderly and for people livin…
April 2014 - The Royal Star & Garter Homes is delighted to announce that a resident at its Solihull Home, Madge Andrews, will be 105 years old in April. Madge loves a party so the Home will be c…
April 2014 - The Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton has won the Pinders Healthcare Design Award 2014, in the ‘Best Dementia Home – Small’ category. The Royal Star & Garter Homes received th…
March 2014 – The Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton has received formal recognition from London Fire Brigade (LFB) for the voluntary fitting of a fire sprinkler system. LFB wished to acknowledge…
Tom joined the Army in 1939 at the age of 20. His expansive tours of duty began with training in England before he saw action in Dunkirk, El Alamein, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. He had been promoted to …