Residents and staff were overjoyed recently as they received a surprise visit from the Mayor of Colchester. Councillor Robert Davidson visited Crouched Friars Care Home and enjoyed a spot of afternoon tea with residents and staff. Cllr Davidson took a keen interest in the residents and was kind enough to spend time speaking individually with all […]
Read more >September marks the 10th year of World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month . Where people come together from all around the world to raise awareness and to challenge the stigma that persists around dementia, with the 21st September marking World Alzheimer’s Day.
Read more >The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen an increase in Care Homes across the UK implementing the use of Electronic Care systems within its care. We are using the latest adaption of one the Care sector’s most widely-used digital care planning systems, Person Centred Software. We first implemented the new electronic system earlier this […]
Read more >Hosted by Marmalade Trust, the week-long campaign raises awareness of loneliness and strives to get people talking about it. According to Age UK, recent research has found that there is around “1.4m chronically lonely older people in England and many more across the rest of the UK”. That feeling of loneliness can be almost as […]
Read more >Taking place between 17-23 May 2021, Dementia Action Week is a weeklong campaign that aims to raise awareness, challenge the stigma that surrounds dementia and calling on the government to take further action.
Read more >Despite the first few months of 2021 being challenging, we have been keeping very busy with lots of activities at Crouched Friars Residential Home. Due to restrictions at the beginning of the year, our care staff at Crouched Friars have continued to go above and beyond to ensure our residents remain happy and healthy. As […]
Read more >We are overjoyed to announce that here at Crouched Friars Residential Home, our residents and staff have received both doses of their COVID-19 vaccinations.
Read more >As we welcome the spring sunshine, here at Crouched Friars Residential Home we are excited to announce we too can begin reuniting loved ones back to our home by following our safe visit guidelines.
Read more >Care homes have been at the top of the news agenda over the last year, as the coronavirus pandemic has swept across the UK.
Read more >We are overjoyed to share with you that all of our residents have received their first jab of the vaccine. Crouched Friars was visited by two general practitioners on January 21, who immunised 39 of our residents and four of our staff with the AstraZeneca vaccine, a crucial milestone in the fight against the covid-19, […]
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