The provision of long-term care for elderly people in a Shropshire market town has been secured after Coverage Care Services completed on the purchase of one of its long running sites. Coverage Care has operated as a tenant of The Cottage Christian home on Granville Road in Newport for the last 10 years. However, at…
Shropshire’s largest independent care provider has appointed a new chief executive following the retirement of its long-standing CEO for the second time. Debbie Price has taken the reins from David Coull at Coverage Care Services, which operates 12 homes on a not-for-profit basis throughout Shropshire. She has stepped up to the role from operations director,…
A young couple who clocked up more than 1,000 miles running and cycling during lockdown have gifted the money they raised to residents at a Shropshire care home. Tom Williams and his girlfriend Laura Humphreys covered a total distance of 1,083 miles in 245 days as part of the Lands End to John O’Groats Virtual…
A Whitchurch care home is investing in trailblazing dementia training and making a long-term commitment to staff development as it looks to take on new recruits. The move by Greenfields, which is located on Liverpool Road, comes as operator Coverage Care Services rolls out its new county-wide dementia strategy and faces a rising number of…
Two Shropshire care homes are to host a recruitment open day to fill a range of vacancies. Greenfields in Whitchurch and Briarfields in Shrewsbury are recruiting for day and night care assistants for full and part time positions and also both homes are looking for an assistant manager. The recruitment event at Briarfields will run…
A unique tour bus has rolled into Shropshire to provide care workers with a virtual experience of what it is like to live with dementia. Staff at the Barclay Gardens care home in Donnington were among the first to hop on board the specially equipped bus with manager Debbie Ellis leading the way. Kitted out…
Shropshire resident Gladys Cloke has celebrated turning 110 with a top-notch afternoon tea party. To mark the magnificent occasion, she was treated with gifts, flowers, cake and tea served in fine china teacups by staff working at Chillcott Gardens sheltered complex in Madeley where she has lived for the past 19 years. …
Residents and staff at two north Shropshire care homes are starting the new year with two new managers. Greenfields in Whitchurch has appointed Jonathan Cook as the new general manager whilst Woodcroft in Market Drayton has welcomed Sarah Parker. Both homes are run by Shropshire’s largest independent care provider Coverage Care Services Ltd and look…
As Shropshire quietly emerges from the second national lockdown, our care homes across the county have been welcoming back visitors for the first time in months. Paul Cooke from Hollinswood was one of the first visitors through the doors at Barclay Gardens in Donnington where he was reunited with his 94-year-old mother Lillian after nearly…
Staff at Shropshire’s largest independent care provider have said a fond farewell to one of their longest-serving colleagues. Edna Jones retired from her role as assistant manager of Stone House care home in Bishops Castle at the end of September following three decades of service. She is now looking forward to spending more time with…
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