♥️ National Heart Month: Keeping hearts healthy in a care home setting
February might be synonymous with Valentine’s Day, but it’s also fittingly the UK’s National Heart Month. This annual campaign raises awareness of health conditions related to cardiovascular disease and also helps promote simple lifestyle changes that can lower risks and improve heart health. In this blog post, we highlight how moving into care can affect […]
New Year, new you: 25 activities for older people to try in 2025
As you get older, hobbies can often fall by the wayside. Whether it’s down to mobility issues, illness, or a lack of opportunities, it can be harder to regularly do the things you once enjoyed. However, there are plenty of alternative activities that you can try later in life to stay engaged and enhance your […]
10 handmade gift ideas for grandparents this Christmas
If you’re looking for something meaningful to give your parents from your kids this Christmas, you can’t go wrong with handmade. A personalised, handcrafted gift will surely put a smile on a grandparent’s face this festive season — simply because of the time, effort, and love that has gone into it. And the best bit? […]
Recalling Remembrance Sunday 2024 at Fulford Nursing Home
Residents and staff at Fulford Nursing Home in York came together on Sunday, the 10th of November, to pay their respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Remembrance Sunday is a sombre and significant date in the calendar, and it’s particularly meaningful for nursing home residents, as many still recall the […]
The importance of volunteering & community engagement for care homes
For a nursing home like Fulford to function and flourish, it’s vital that we have a strong relationship with the wider community — both inside and outside the home. For example, our staff regularly participate in events around the village, and we also support our local junior football team, highlighting the importance of keeping fit, […]
Six ways to celebrate National Grandparents Day
September 8th, 2024 (September 7th, 2025) is National Grandparents Day — a day to celebrate and acknowledge the extraordinary contributions our parents’ parents have made to our lives. But the truth is, we don’t really need a designated day to honour our grandparents. Grandparents Day can be any day of the year. And if your […]
National Friendship Day and the importance of friendship in a care home setting
Every year, the first Sunday in August is National Friendship Day — a day to celebrate the importance of making new friends and reconnecting with old ones. Friendship is a vitally important part of settling into life in a nursing home. Many new residents are worried about feeling isolated and lonely when they first enter […]
Staff Profile: Meet Jo Smith, our well-being coordinator
In this series of blog posts, we introduce members of our passionate and hard-working Fulford team and give you an insight into their roles and backgrounds. To kick things off, meet Jo Smith, our invaluable Wellbeing Coordinator. What is a well-being coordinator in a nursing home? A care home well-being coordinator is the person responsible […]
Introducing our new Registered Manager, Angela Sellers
We’d like to share some important news about our team here at Fulford Nursing Home. After many years of dedicated service, Donna Crockford has stepped down from her role as Registered Manager. However, Donna will remain with Fulford as a nurse, continuing to provide her exceptional care and expertise, while supporting our staff and residents […]
Celebrating Fulford’s nurses and carers on International Nurses’ Day
International Nurses’ Day (IND) is celebrated worldwide every May 12th, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. Since 1988, the International Council of Nurses has given each IND a theme. 2024’s theme is the “economic power of care.” This was chosen to highlight the need for nursing to be seen “as an investment, instead of a […]