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• DC Care Sells Merriott Residential Care Home

  08-11-2021 18:26 via careindustrynews.co.uk
  On behalf of Ian Darbyshire, DC Care is delighted to announce the recent successful sale of Moorlands Residential Home, an attractive Grade II listed property, set within half an acre of landscaped grounds in the centre of Merriott, Somerset.Moorlands enjoys an excellent reputation of providing high-quality residential care for a maximum of 16 residents, having been owned and operated for over 15 years by Mr Darbyshire, who contacted DC Care looking to concentrate on his business interests close
  
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• WW2 knitting brothers produce poppy display for Saltburn care home

  08-11-2021 12:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  “KNITTING brothers” from a Saltburn care home have been producing poppies for Remembrance Day – having learned to sew during the Second World War.The residents at Hazelgrove Court Care Home, on Randolph Street, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, were nicknamed the “knitting brothers” by staff after they offered to help with the display.Eric Starsmore, 80, Walter Ross, 88, and Peter Gibbon, 86, picked up knitting needles for the first time in years to produce a woollen memorial ah
  
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• Intergenerational fun at Rotherham care home as pen pals finally meet

  08-11-2021 11:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  INTERGENERATIONAL pen pals have met for the first time at a Rotherham care home after exchanging letters throughout the pandemic.Residents at Broadacres Care Home, on Naylor Street, Parkgate, and pupils from Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School, on Ashwood Road, enjoyed their first face-to-face meeting since they started the letter exchange in March 2020.Several residents, including June Hague, 85, one of those who has been writing to the youngers, went to the reception area of the care home to thank
  
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