Meadow Bank Care Home in Bamber Bridge, Preston, was visited on Friday 1st July by MP for Chorley Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons, as the home welcomed visitors and guests from the local community to the home to participate in this year’s Care Home Open Week celebrations from 27th June to 3rd July 2022.
The 110-bed friendly care home, offering residential, nursing and dementia care, which is owned by HC-One, 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. This year, homes across the UK enjoyed being able to celebrate with communities in person again, having marked the annual event virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Residents and Colleagues of the HC-One owned home enjoyed meeting MP for Chorley, Sir Lindsay Hoyle and chatting to him about what life is like at Meadow Bank – which is an integral part of the local Preston community.
Meadow Bank’s chosen theme for this year’s Care Home Open Week was ‘Summer Celebration’. Throughout the week, Residents, Colleagues, families and friends enjoyed a variety of fun-filled activities which were enjoyed by all, including an afternoon tea party with a large marquee and beautiful string quartet. The home also held a ‘Cute Pets Competition’ with judges attending from the local Clayton Brook Primary School and Kelly’s Groomers.
Visitors also enjoyed learning from Colleagues in the home about what a rewarding career in care looks like and finding out about opportunities for community engagement and volunteering roles to support their local care community.
Nigel Francis, Home Manager at Meadow Bank Care Home, said:
“We were delighted to welcome MP Sir Lindsay Hoyle to our home and open the doors of Meadow Bank again to welcome in our local community and bring everyone together to celebrate Care Home Open Week 2022. Everyone had an amazing time.
“We are proud to support Preston, and our Open Week celebrations provided a great opportunity to reconnect with our local community after the challenges of the pandemic, to support community engagement, and to remind our local community that our kind care teams are here if they ever need support for themselves or a loved one.”