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A group of budding poets at Milkwood House have been busy creating their first creative ensemble of the year. The focus for this piece was all the thoughts and feelings of Spring. Our residents very much enjoy their time spent with staff in this positive way and we endeavour to spend as much quality time…

Breakfast Week is managed by HGCA and run on behalf of arable farmers who grow crops such as wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape. The purpose of the campaign is to raise awareness of the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast and demonstrate the wealth of wonderful breakfast produce available around the country. The Mountains Care Home…

With modern technology literally at our fingertips, Milkwood have introduced the easy to use tablets into the homes. WIth email and social media sites seemingly the only way to contact the modern world, it seems only right that our residents also have the opportunity. Our activities co-ordinator, thought residents at Milkwood House would benefit from…

What a fantastic festive season we’ve had at Milkwood. So many wonderful moments, and here’s a few to share with you…with one of our favourites from Ganarew of staff dressed at the elves!        

Back in 1999 Milkwood Care Directors Janet Lloyd-Leech and Robin Cheesman took a risk in business and opened up the first Milkwood Home. Now fifteen successful years later and the Milkwood Care Group is now made up of seven care homes that stretch from Hampshire right up to the Brecon Beacons. The ultimate aim and…

The Lodge at Castleford is a stand alone unit run by our fantastic team that care for people with assisted living needs. As we continually assess the suitability of the care, activities and facilities that we provide, it was highlighted that residents either staying with us long or short term had shown interest in fitness…

We all take pleasure in a little luxury now and then and here at Milkwood we think it’s all the little things that we do that make for a more personal approach to our care. Activities are plentiful, rooms decorated to a high specification, fresh local food is prepared daily…but if you look a little…

The costumes were fearsome, decorations gruesome, entertainment wicked, and the treats most bewitching! It really is a wonder how staff, residents, friends and family at Chatterwood had such a frighteningly great time this Halloween!

Castleford Care Home hosted a spooky spectacular this Halloween and it was so nice to see so many children coming into the home and joining in with the fancy dress.

There was coffee and cake in abundance when the residents and staff at Ganarew hosted their Macmillan Coffee Morning on 24th September. We’d like to thank all who came to support us on the day, we were able to raise £160 for the charity. Pictured: Joyce Harris and her daughter Wendy