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Care home residents jump aboard virtual cruise
Story by: ANDREW PAPWORTH Sunday, February 3, 2013
12:00 PM
CARE home residents were taken on a “virtual cruise” on Monday.
Cromwell Care Home, Huntingdon, are having a Virtual Cruise, resident Jackie Tulip (95) originally from Scotland meets Piper Roy Sloane, from LongstantonCromwell House Care Home in Huntingdon High Street wanted to do something different to mark National Dignity Day, which takes place on Friday (February 1), so staff decided to stage a week-long series of activities to take the home’s 32 residents back to the cruises they enjoyed in years gone by.
“A lot of our residents have been on cruises in the past but they cannot go on cruises any more,” said general manager Linda Martinez. “We wanted to bring a taste of these countries back to them by taking them on a virtual cruise around different countries.”
The week started in Scotland, where residents enjoyed a haggis lunch and got to meet piper Roy Sloane. Other countries due to be included were France, Italy, Turkey and Ireland.
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/latest-news/care_home_residents_jump_aboard_virtual_cruise_1_1848081
Dementia care apartments to be built in Redditch
A STATE-of-the-art development, including self-contained dementia care apartments aimed at keeping family and partners together, is being built in Redditch.
5:00pm Saturday 2nd February 2013 in News
The development, in Evesham Road, Headless Cross, will include 42 apartments along with communal facilities and a well-being centre.
The work involves the demolition of an existing building, built in the early 1900s and donated to the Red Cross by then owner Dorothy Terry, to be used as a care facility.
The new development will be known as Dorothy Terry House.
Pub’s pyjama event for kids and carers
National Storytelling Week
Community news and events from the Boston Standard, Lincolnshire: bostonstandard.co.uk, on Twitter @standardboston
A new campaign to provide bedtime packs to child carers aged 5-12 has been launched by a Boston Pub.
The Spirit of Endeavour’s Pyjama Project is taking place this week, which is National Storytelling Week until Saturday.
People are encouraged to donate children’s pyjamas or (good condition) bedtime books
