by Kirstie Newell | Jun 17, 2025 | Celebrations, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week was National Carers Week, a week of celebrating our amazing carers and recognising all their hard work. Over the last few weeks, our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home have worked hard on making beautiful handmade cards for their carers and...
by Kirstie Newell | May 27, 2025 | Celebrations, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
We recently celebrated something very special here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home – our Recreation and Well-Being Coordinator, Amber, was thrown a wonderful baby shower by our amazing residents who have loved being part of her pregnancy journey for the last...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 15, 2025 | Celebrations, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home it was time to say a very fond farewell to our lovely Resident Liaison Officer, Jackie. Jackie has worked at The Old Downs for four years, and in her time she has certainly left her stamp on our Home. She has a...
by Kirstie Newell | Mar 19, 2025 | Birthdays, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last Saturday was our amazing Doreen’s 97th birthday and she had a lovely day celebrating with us at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Doreen had been collecting birthday cards that had come in the post during the week, so when the big day arrived, she had a few to...
by Kirstie Newell | Feb 5, 2025 | Staff Recognition, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
As January came to an end here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home, it was also time to say goodbye to a long serving member of our team, Lorraine. 

 Lorraine has been part of our Catering Team for nearly 20 years and last week it was time for her to start a new...