Market Lavington Care Home, run by HC-One, located in Market Lavington, near Devizes, welcomed visitors and guests from the local community to participate in this year’s Care Home Open Week celebrations from 24th - 30th June 2024, with HC-One’s main celebration events taking place during Care Home Open Weekend (28th – 30th June).
Market Lavington Care Home was delighted to open its doors to celebrate Care Home Open Week with residents, colleagues, friends, family, and the wider community.
Care Home Open Week is a national event hosted by Championing Social Care, designed to connect care homes with their local communities. The week provided care homes with the opportunity to showcase their range of services, provide tours of their facilities, and highlight the activities that are offered to residents.
The event is also a reminder to the homes’ neighbours that they are there if they need support.
HC-One’s chosen theme for this year’s Care Home Open Week was ‘dancing together through the decades’. Throughout the week, residents, colleagues, families, and friends enjoyed a variety of fun-filled activities culminating in an end-of-week celebration at the home.
On Friday 28th June, Market Lavington Care Home hosted a variety of 1950s-themed fun-filled activities, entertainment, and refreshments throughout the day which were enjoyed by all, including a classic car show, buffet, and live music.
Market Lavington Care Home was decorated especially for the occasion and the celebration was a chance for everyone to come together as a community, and to learn more about life at the care home.
Visitors enjoyed learning from colleagues in the home about what a rewarding career in care looks like. They also found out about opportunities for community engagement and about the volunteering roles on offer designed to support their local care community.
Some of the residents of Market Lavington described how much they enjoyed the Open Day.
Sue Slark, Market Lavington resident, said:
“The singer was very good and sung songs I actually knew!”
Janice Reed, resident, said:
“I love seeing everyone so happy, it was a wonderful afternoon”.
Julia Bradley, resident, said:
“Everyone put a lot of effort into all this, its amazing”.
Trevor Fermor, resident, said:
“Seeing the old cars made my day, I spent most of the afternoon over there, just talking!”
Speaking after the event, Michaela Powell, Wellbeing Coordinator, said:
“After all the planning and preparations, it was worth it to see everyone come together and have a good time”.
Jasmine Simmonds, Acting Home Manager at HC-One’s Market Lavington Care Home, said:
“We were delighted to be able to open the doors of Market Lavington Care Home once again to welcome in our local community and bring everyone together to celebrate Care Home Open Week 2024. Everyone had an amazing time.
“We are proud to support Market Lavington village and the surrounding areas, and our Open Week celebrations provided a great opportunity to reconnect with our local community and to support community engagement which is so important to our residents, colleagues, and the local area.
“The week was also a chance for us to showcase what life at our care home is like, share career and volunteering opportunities, and remind our local community that our kind care teams, and extensive facilities are here for them if they ever need support.”