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Our priority here at Pearlcare will always be the safe and wellbeing of our residents, their visitors and our staff.  Since the early stages of the pandemic, Pearlcare quickly assembled the ‘crisis team’ who sprung into action immediately to protect our residents and staff. This resulted in almost all our homes remaining Covid-19 free throughout […]

As ‘life as we know it’ has changed for most of us during this pandemic, one thing here at Pearlcare remains the same – our dedication to protect the safety and enhance the wellbeing of our residents, their loved ones and our staff and ensure our homes remain a happy, uplifting and safe place to […]

After many months of our residents unable to experience face to face contact with their families due to Covid-19, we are delighted to share our new visitors pods, being installed across our homes. The visiting experience in our specially designed pods is inviting, safe and stress free and have such been a huge success with […]

For over half a century BBC Children in Need have been raising money for young people in the UK that need help. Every year our homes take part in raising money by doing fun activities/events that the staff and residents can enjoy.  Lets take a look at what some of our homes got up to […]

Earlier this year our care home Ladydale were awarded a Hidden Hero award from Staffordshire City Council for their outstanding work throughout the current Covid-19 pandemic. Take a look here! After coming across the Hidden Heroes video on YouTube, The South East Inspection Team at CQC approached our care home manager Sophie at Ladydale to attend an […]

These Hands…. These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and full of love, These are the hands that work along-side yours as you build your future together. These are the hands that passionately love you and cared for you through the years. These are the hands that hold you when fear […]

The relationship between our homes and their local communities are paramount and is something that all our homes feel passionate about. Throughout the pandemic our homes worked together with their local communities in supporting one another.  Last week our Home Manager Toby and Senior Care Assistant Patsy at Glenfield Woodlands had the honour of opening […]

“It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, it’s what you do with your dancin’ shoes.” Vince Fontaine Throughout our care homes our wonderful staff are always coming up with exciting activities for our residents to enjoy and an important part of that is listening to what our residents would like. So, our staff and […]

We want to tell the story of life in our care homes for older people during the virus pandemic and to explain how our company currently remain Covid – 19 free in all of our sixteen care homes. During the early stages of the pandemic we decided, in consultation with staff and residents, to lockdown […]

As you may have read from our previous Pearls of Wisdom Trivia Quiz blog post, every week our care homes have been taking part in an online quiz made by ourselves, to compete against each other. It’s been a huge success among staff and residents and the management team, with it being something everyone looks […]

Last week our residents at Gedling Village mailed the lovely gift of a Pocket Hug to their loved ones as they haven’t been able to psychically give them a hug in a little while due to lockdown.  As we are going through difficult times our lovely staff and residents at Gedling Village wanted to spread some love […]

We are very proud to share with you all that our wonderful team at Ladydale were nominated for their outstanding work throughout the current Covid-19 pandemic and WON a Hidden Heroes award from Staffordshire County Council. “Hidden Heroes is our way of shining a light and celebrating the teams across the county council and our […]

On 8th May 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill made an announcement on the radio at 3pm that the war in Europe had come to an end, following Germany’s surrender the day before. It was an emotional day that millions of people had been waiting for.  Huge crowds of people gathered outside Buckingham Palace (London) dressed […]

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. – George Bernard Shaw  Throughout lockdown our wonderful staff in our homes have been working hard to keep spirits high for our residents. They have been creating new activities which has been filling our homes with laughter, joy, and lots […]

“To all our amazing staff who are working hard everyday to keep our homes safe, full of joy, laughter, love & care during these difficult times. This poem is written by us, for you”    From, The Pearlcare Executive Team, Danny, Philip, Christine & Tarnya 

Roses are red  Violets are blue  Our homes are blessed  Because of You!  Valentines Day is all about spreading happiness, joy and laughter and a chance to show your loved ones that you care. That’s exactly what all our homes did this valentines, and of course every other day of the year but lets take […]

It was a fun filled weekend in the Pearlcare homes during Burns Night & Chinese New Year 2020 celebrations.  A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the famous poet Robert Burns the author of many Scots poems. *Fun Fact: Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and […]

2020 is well and truly underway and we think we speak for everyone when we say “2019 was over in a flash”. So many wonderful achievements and amazing things happened throughout our homes last year so we thought we would take a moment to share a few memorable moments throughout some of our homes. Heatherside […]