A Dementia Resource Community (DRC) Admiral Nurse has shared her top strategies for families coping with dementia-related hallucinations. Working alongside Cheshire and Merseyside Partnership NHS Trust Community Mental Health Team and the Jocelyn Solly Resource Centre in Macclesfield, Laura Birch is dedicated to supporting families affected by dementia. With extensive experience covering the Macclesfield, Wilmslow …

A welcome from Keith, our Registered Manager Keith Ley is Registered Manager of Plessington Court Care Home and Chapel House Care Home. Here he talks about why the home is special and what he finds rewarding about his role. When did you join Chapel House?  I became Registered Manager of Chapel House and Plessington Court in November 2021 after working in …

The Gift Café in Puddington village has reopened for the Summer with a new look. The not-for-profit coffee shop, which donates profits to local dementia groups, has unveiled a number of new events and a new menu and is now offering freshly brewed coffee from well-known local coffee roaster Adams & Russell. The Gift Café, which stands for Getting Involved, Finding Talent, …

We are taking part in the RITA (Reminiscence Interactive Therapies Activities) Pilot Project for Care Homes. The new ‘virtual’ staff member called RITA, which stands for Reminiscence Interactive Therapy Activities, is an innovative evidence-based digital therapy system which allows our residents to use a variety of games, apps and other leisure activities as part of …

Geraldine Button is Activities Coordinator at Plessington Court Residential Home. Here we chat to her about role, what she loves about it and how it makes a difference to the lives of our residents. How did you join the home?My first experience of care was looking after my mother-in-law full time for four years. She …

A selection of classic cars visited the Gift Café in Puddington village.A whole range of cars were on display including a white two stroke Trabant, originally made in East Germany, a 1969 Triumph Herald 1360 convertible, a 1930s Morris and a Triumph Spitfire.Initially started by the Wirral Car Enthusiasts, the club has expanded to include …

A huge thank you to everyone who helped us to raise over £71 for Dementia UK’s Time for a Cuppa.We were impressed with the number of really delicious homemade cakes and that people had taken the time to make them.All the bring and buy cakes went on sale at the GIFT Café on Chapel House …

We’re planning a series of lovely activities this weekend to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III. Our activity coordinator Geraldine Button will be working with residents to create a memories poster full of recollections of the Queen’s Coronation. Her Majesty was crowned on June 2nd, 1953, in Westminster Abbey, where her son will be …

The GIFT Café in Puddington, Cheshire will be taking part in Dementia UK’s biggest fundraising event of the year.Visitors are invited to come and join in with Time for a Cuppa between 10am-12pm on Thursday, May 4th at GIFT Café, Chapel House Lane, Puddington CH64 5SW.Proceeds raised from the event will help to fund more …

We’re very proud to have become the first two care homes in the UK to receive the Incus Gold Award for our proactive approach to sensory loss. Both Chapel House Nursing Home and Plessington Court Residential Home achieved the award from training provider incus-care following a five-step process, over a two-year period. Chapel House Care …