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Welcoming Akosua, our new deputy manager
Parkfield House Nursing Home is proud to announce the appointment of Akosua Bonsu as our new deputy manager. Akosua is a dedicated and passionate nurse whose career journey is both inspiring and h...
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Parkfield residents launch children’s storybook
Residents of Parkfield House Nursing Home have officially become published authors, thanks to the launch of their delightful children’s book, Little Alice: Head in the Clouds.
This is the evocative...
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Amanda’s pioneering tech journey
Amanda Rae, our Head of Quality and Compliance, has continued to pioneer the use of technology to provide the best possible person-centred care.
Earlier this year, she was honoured with the Digita...
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Chrissie is Parkfield’s mistress of multi-tasking!
Since joining Parkfield House Nursing Home in 2023, Chrissie Phelps has quickly established herself as an indispensable part of the team.
As the home’s administrator, Chrissie is both the backbone...
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Caron chairs new East of England SCNAC
Our operations manager Caron Sanders-Crook has been appointed as chair of the East of England Social Care Nurse Advisory Council (SCNAC).
Caron was previously chair of the Mid and South Essex (MSE...
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Paul Ogu – a dedicated and inspiring carer
Paul Ogu is a senior care assistant here at Parkfield House Nursing Home, and has been with the home for three years. A nominee for this year’s Great British Care Awards (GBCA), Paul has consisten...
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Party-loving Maureen shares her action-packed life story
Since arriving at Parkfield House Nursing Home in March 2023, Maureen has shared her fascinating life story with us. It’s a tale filled with adventure, family and a zest for life that continues to ...
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Carmel’s story – a life of adventure and love
In 2022 Carmel and his beloved wife Maria moved to Parkfield House Nursing Home, bringing with them cherished memories of a life full of adventure and love.
Carmel’s story begins on the isla...
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Meet Edit Petruti, our activities assistant
Edit Petruti is one half of the dynamic activities team here at Parkfield, working alongside Caroline O’Connor who heads up the team.
Having joined the home as a care assistant shortly before the p...
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Tony Wallis-Yeo is our new regional trainer
As our new regional trainer, Tony works alongside colleagues Sandra Rogers and Roy Langstaffe in the team headed up by Sarita Baxter, Learning & Development Manager.
Tony grew up in Romford, Es...
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Meet Rebecca Histed-Lince – Quality Support Manager
Quality support manager Rebecca Histed-Lince is the newest addition to Canford Healthcare’s quality team.
Led by Amanda Rae, head of quality & compliance, the quality team is responsible for e...
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Introducing Charles Wrightson
Charles Wrightson has become Canford Healthcare’s new financial controller. He manages the finance team, which is based in the company’s Bournemouth office, supported by finance manager Amparo Folg...
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Sarita becomes Learning & Development Manager
Sarita joined Canford Healthcare in 2022 as a regional trainer and has recently been promoted to head up the training team.
She brings huge experience to the organisation, having been a support wo...
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Introducing Emma Seamons – our new Head of HR
Emma Seamons has become Canford Healthcare’s new Head of Human Resources (HR).
Emma knows the organisation (and our homes well), having joined our HR team in 2017 as HR business partner. In this bu...
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Amanda Rae – digital innovation winner!
Amanda Rae, our Head of Quality and Compliance, has won Person Centred Software’s Digital Innovation Award at the company’s annual Champions of Care Awards 2024.
The awards celebrate the achievemen...
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Caron appointed as a Social Care Nursing Advisory Council chair
Caron Sanders-Crook, our operations manager, has recently been appointed as chair of one of the newly established Social Care Nursing Advisory Councils (SCNACs)…
Canford Healthcare industry award wins
Canford Healthcare’s very own Amanda Rae and Donna Barks have won awards and high commendations at the Women Achieving Greatness in Social Care (WAGS) recently.
Donna Barks, manager of our Tunbr...
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Congratulations Aarti – the sky’s the limit!
Our much-loved Quality & Training Co-ordinator (and one-time activities assistant) Aarti Lal is celebrating the completion of her Level 3 in Education & Training that she took to suppo...
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Our pandemic journey
As the government officially ends the requirement for routine testing of residents and staff in care homes, effectively signalling that the pandemic is over (for now at least), we’d like to rememb...
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The History of Parkfield House
Over the past 12 months, residents at Parkfield House Nursing Home have been working alongside the local community in Hillingdon and the National Heritage Lottery Fund, a community funding organis...
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Amanda Rae becomes a Queen’s Nurse
We are delighted to announce that Amanda Rae, our quality & compliance manager, has been awarded the title of Queen’s Nurse by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI).
The QNI is the U...
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MyCanford – enhanced staff reward & wellbeing
We’re delighted to announce the launch of MyCanford, a revamped and enhanced reward and wellbeing programme for our employees. This offers a wide range of discounts, offers and cashback from over ...
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Considering care as a career?
There are so many good reasons for anyone to think seriously about a career in care.
For one, it’s incredibly fulfilling and enjoyable, with a high level of job satisfaction and the chance to wo...
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Meet Roy, our new trainer
Roy Langstaffe has joined our regional training team to deliver face-to-face and virtual group training as well as 1:1 coaching to staff across our 11 homes.
Before coming to Canford Healthcare, Ro...
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Meet our new regional trainers – Sarita and Sandra
We’re delighted to welcome Sarita Baxter and Sandra Rogers to our Learning & Development team. Their appointment comes as part of a strengthening and streamlining of the training and developme...
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Relatives’ survey – thank you!
We’d like to say a huge thank you to all our relatives who completed our recent relatives’ survey. We are so grateful to you for taking the time to give us your views and provide feedback, which i...
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Manager of our sister care home gives evidence before Joint Select Committee
Theresa Steed, manager of our sister home Tunbridge Wells Care Centre, has given evidence at the Coronavirus: Lessons Learnt Inquiry organised jointly by the Science and Technology and the Health ...
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Activities Aarti shortlisted for care award
Aarti Lal, Parkfield’s very own activities assistant, has been shortlisted for The Care Home Activity Organiser Award at this year’s Great British Care Awards.
She now faces a tough interview wi...
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Spreading a little cheer on World Kindness Day
As World Kindness Day approaches (13 November) and with the country in the midst of another national lockdown, we’re inviting our local community to send in letters, postcards, drawings and ...
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Initiatives to help people coming into our care home
Tablet for all new long-term residents
Making the decision to move into care is never easy at the best of times. Whether this is for you or on behalf of a loved one, you may have concerns about ...
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Canford Healthcare appoints green energy supplier Ecotricity
As part of our drive to conserve resources and reduce our carbon footprint, we have appointed renewable energy expert Ecotricity as the electricity supplier across our 11 homes.
Ecotricity’s com...
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Giant Post-It sun lights up our reception area
Visitors to Parkfield can’t fail to notice that a giant yellow sun made out of post-it notes and photos is currently taking pride of place in reception!
In case you’re wondering, the answer is t...
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Anyone for gingerbread?
Our staff and residents have had a lot of fun creating a gingerbread house recently, for another competition against our other 10 sister Canford Healthcare homes.
Here at Parkfield we didn’t jus...
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Introducing our Relatives’ Gateway
Just imagine the scene: it’s the middle of the afternoon, you are sitting in your lounge or at the office and you wonder what sort of a day your loved one is having here at Parkfield.
You grab y...
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Cupcake charity celebration
Parkfield hosted a hugely successful cake sale on 17 June, raising £333 for the Alzheimer’s Society. The event was attended by residents and their families, and we were also delighted to see some ...
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Parkfield receives £10,000 lottery grant
Residents and staff at our home are celebrating after being awarded a funding pot of £10,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund for our “A Portrait of Parkfield” project.
Working closely with...
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Parkfield carers feted at Number 10!
Three members of our staff were delighted to receive invitations to a reception at Number 10 Downing Street yesterday, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked social care workers for their cour...
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Operations Manager Debbie Inkersole wins industry award
Debbie Inkersole, our Operations Manager, has triumphed over many other entrants to win the Care Operations/Area Manager Award at the 2021 National Care Awards recently.
Organised by Caring Time...
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PM pops into Parkfield!
We were thrilled to welcome Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday. This is Mr Johnson’s second visit – he last popped in October 2019 when he promised he’d us visit again.
The PM chatted ...
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Chief nursing gold award for Caron!
We are delighted to announce that our operations manager, Caron Sanders-Crook, has been awarded the Chief Nursing Officer for Adult Social Care Gold Award in recognition of her outstanding service...
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Behind the Smiles: Caron’s moving account of PTSD
Caron Sanders-Crook, our operations manager, is the author of the newly published Behind The Smiles, a no-holds barred exploration of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its devastating impa...
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René braves the shave
For most of us, our hair is our crowning glory. The average British woman spends £756 on her locks, if you include haircuts, products and treatments. But that’s a thing of the past – temporarily a...
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Parkfield Pamper Parade
As a special treat for Mother’s Day, our lounge was transformed into a Spa for one day only! Our lovely ladies had a choice of some brilliant spa treatments including facials, massages, mani...
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Open Day Friday 28 June
Come and join us from 2-4pm, as we showcase our partnership with Equal Arts. There will be painting, live music, refreshments, and an exhibition of the fantastic arts and crafts by our residents, ...
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‘High Commendation’ at Care Home Awards 2019
We’re honoured to have been shortlisted and awarded a ‘High Commendation’ at the Care Home Awards. Thank you to Hannah and all the artists from Equal Arts for their support and p...
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Rene wins ‘Policy of the Month’
Congratulations to Rene Smith for being June’s winner of our Policy of the Month award for ‘Professional Relationships/Relationships at Work’. This reward scheme recognises that ...
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Natasha wins ‘Policy of the Month’
Congratulations to Natasha for being July’s winner of our Policy of the Month award for ‘Falls Management Policy and Procedure’. This reward scheme recognises staff who are proactive and continue ...
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Garden Party gets Mayor’s seal of approval
Perfect weather and perfect company made our garden party a roaring success. Our local Mayor, David Yarrow, and Mayoress Mary O’Connor MBE officially opened our bistro café, ‘The Tea Room...
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Meet Aarti
Aarti has been working at Parkfield House for 2 and a half years. She started as a care assistant, and after a year was promoted to Quality & Training Co-ordinator. Aarti would also help suppo...
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Our Brexit preparations
The UK is due to leave the European Union (EU) by or on Thursday 31 October 2019.
Canford Healthcare is working with suppliers and co-operating fully with Government contingency planning to min...
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Coffee and cakes to support Macmillan
We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who was part of our Macmillan coffee morning – whether that was buying or donating cakes, or helping on the day. We raised £100.06 for this w...
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Introducing Tasha
Tasha Pearce started at Parkfield in 2011 as a care assistant soon after completing her NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care. It wasn’t long before she moved up to senior care assistant –...
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Prime Minister visits Parkfield House
It was our great honour to host a visit by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Laird MacKay, Chief Operating Officer at Canford Healthcare, gave a tour of our home. The Prime Minister chatted with ...
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Meet our new home manager
We are delighted to welcome Shawndell Barker as our new home manager.
Shawndell brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the home manager role. Over the last 20 years, she has worked in ma...
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Farewell to our home manager Wendy Bristow
Staff and residents have said an emotional goodbye to Wendy Bristow who has retired after five years as home manager of Parkfield House Nursing Home.
Originally from the East Yorkshire town of B...
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We love our Postcards of Kindness!
Over the last few days Parkfield residents have been enjoying reading postcards sent to them from the ‘Postcards of Kindness’ Facebook group.
Postcards of Kindness is an initiative that asks peo...
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice and guidance
In the light of the Prime Minister’s address yesterday evening and the government’s much tighter restrictions on people leaving their homes, we regret that we must now close our doors to all visit...
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We are 2 years pressure sore free!
We’re delighted to have been recognised for our achievement in being pressure sore free here at Parkfield House for over two years.
Since 2017 we’ve been actively involved with the ‘Stop ...
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Getting to know Debbie…
Laundry Assistant Debbie Holdaway has been working in the Parkfield laundry for seven and a half years. It’s her job to ensure that the residents have a constant supply of clean bedding and towels...
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Meet Viyaya
Since joining Parkfield House Nursing Home as an apprentice back in February 2017, Viyaya Suresh has completed her Level 2 in Health & Social Care and has continued working as a care assistant...
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Creative Poems
Our masterpieces are finished! Over the last few weeks we have been working hard with our lovely friends from HenPower. Creating our own poems about the hens, framing them and they are now sitting ...
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Meet the Hens!
Our new feathered friends have arrived! As part of our #HenPower project with Equal Arts.
We had a great welcome party for them with a musical sing-along session of’ Sing A Song Of Six Pence....
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Hen Power at Parkfield
Part of the HenPower project at Parkfield House, Bo Chapman director of Salmagundi Films and talented Digital artist, joined Parkfield residents to create some fantastic digital art inspired by the...
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Care Home Open Day
To mark National Care Home Open Day, Canford Healthcare Homes across the South East opened their doors to the public. This year it also coincided with the Queen’s birthday, so staff at our homes pu...
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Pimp My Zimmer!
We have been showing off our creative talents decorating the residents zimmer frames. Research suggests that residents, especially those living with Dementia, struggle to identify their own frames ...
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Red Bag Scheme
Parkfield House Nursing Home, based in Uxbridge, have recently adopted the ‘Red Bag Scheme’, which has been developed in partnership with NHS Hillingdon Hospital Trust, Hillingdon CCG and Hillingdo...
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Parkfield Christmas Party!
So much fun was had at the Residents Christmas Party!
A big thank you to Martyn Halsey for entertaining us with all of our festive favourites. With lots of dancing, games and delicious food to tuck...
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Garden Party!
Parkfield House Nursing Home held their annual Summer Garden Party, and with a bric-a-brac stall, cupcakes and a raffle we were set for a great day.
Residents, staff, family, and friends tucked int...
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British Library Visit
As part of our HenPower project we were invited to attend the Campaign to End Loneliness conference at the British Library showcasing the project. Residents Audrey and Joan were joined by staff Car...
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Audrey and Joan
Audrey and Joan have become firm friends since living at Parkfield House. So, in their own words, they have written a little bit about what life is like at Parkfield.
We are both ‘elderly aged’ and...
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Parkfield House gets some Oomph!
We’re excited to be partnering with Oomph Wellness, the UK’s leading wellbeing business for older adults, to enhance mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.
Our staff at Parkfield House have been...
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Garden Centre Trip!
We always love to get out into the local area, and share happy memories when our residents were growing up in and around Uxbridge.
With our friends from Oomph Wellness we headed out to Smith’...
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Flower Arranging
With a donation of some beautiful flowers, it only meant one thing, a morning of flower arranging!
With some eager and very creative residents, it was a lovely morning activity – and now we have so...
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Parkfield Herald, by Audrey and Joan
Residents Audrey and Joan have now completed Issue 2 of the Parkfield Herald, which gives a round-up of all the events and activities that have taken place over the past 3 months.
You can read Issu...
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March Activities Programme
An active life is a healthier life, and can help to keep you more alert and mobile.
Our activities co-ordinators are dedicated to making sure that your days are filled with interesting things to...
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Sweet Shop Opening!
At Parkfield House we pride ourselves on going above and beyond, and one of the most important parts of our job is getting to know our residents. The more we know our residents, the better we can ...
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Canford Healthcare supports Ukrainian relief charity
Canford Healthcare has recently donated medical/care equipment and supplies to the Tunbridge Wells-based Ukrainian Relief Group (URG) for use by the medical services in war-torn Ukraine, as well as refugees arriving in the UK…
Canford Healthcare scoops two trophies at Care Home Awards
Canford Healthcare is delighted to announce that we have won two awards at the 2021 Care Home Awards.
Beating off stiff competition, we were named Best for Communication and Best for Non-Clinica...
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HealthInvestor Awards 2023
We are delighted to have reached the final of the HealthInvestor Awards 2023 in not just one but two categories…
Queen Elizabeth II, 1926–2022
We mark the sad passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II after 70 extraordinary years on the throne. She was Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, having celebrated her platinum jubilee only two sh...
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Farewell – once again – to Wendy Bristow
We have said an emotional goodbye to our home manager, Wendy Bristow, who has finally retired after seven memorable years in the post.
Wendy had previously retired in 2020 but returned to the ho...
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Parkfield celebrates long service!
Having loyal and long-serving team members are the life blood of our business and as such we ensure we recognise those special milestones when they are achieved.
So to celebrate our staff members t...
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