She has lived through two world wars, has seen three kings and one queen on the throne and is currently witness to one of the biggest global pandemics. But Gladys Cloke, who celebrated her 109th birthday recently and is thought to be Shropshire’s oldest person, is still going strong. Gladys, who moved to Shropshire from…
A Shropshire care home resident has had her 101st birthday wish come true after staff rallied round to give her a new hairdo. Betty Green, a resident at Greenfields care home in Whitchurch, had only one request for the day she celebrated turning 101 and that was to get her hair cut. So, a bit…
A brand-new shop and café has been officially unveiled at a Shropshire care home after staff and residents decided to transform an old shed during lockdown. The brightly coloured, revamped garden building at Stone House in Bishops Castle is now stocked with essential supplies and treats for residents to purchase and will also operate as…
A mother and daughter have been reunited for the first time in nearly 16 weeks as Shropshire’s largest care provider eases its visiting restrictions. Joyce Foster is a resident at New Fairholme nursing home in Oswestry and this is the moment she was able to see her daughter, Ruth Blinco, face-to-face for the first time…
Shropshire’s largest independent care provider has invested almost £50,000 in state-of-the-art thermal imaging cameras as it prepares to reopen its homes to visitors for the first time in nearly three months. Coverage Care Services, which cares for in the region of 800 residents and employs around 1,200 staff, is in the process of installing the…
Just a few weeks ago it was business as usual for all of us. Now, we face the most challenging time the world has seen for many decades. It is tough for everyone and not least those working remarkably hard on the frontline to provide vital care. I, along with the directors of Coverage Care…
Flower arranging in the sunshine, bingo and reading letters of hope from schoolchildren are just some of the ways elderly residents across Shropshire have been coping through the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. Coverage Care Services, the county’s largest independent care provider, looks after more than 800 elderly residents at its 14 care homes. With the UK…
Hundreds of elderly residents across Shropshire have been getting to grips with new technology as they seek to stay in touch with family amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. Coverage Care Services, a not-for-profit organisation which operates 14 care homes in the county, purchased 30 new laptops when it introduced measures two weeks ago to actively…
A new project launched at a Shropshire care home is helping residents to keep fit and active. Staff at Innage Grange in Bridgnorth are encouraging those living at the home to walk as far as they can each day and record their efforts as part of a new mobility campaign. Home manager Claire Childs, who…
A Shropshire grandmother who survived two world wars says living an ‘ordinary’ life and keeping fit is the secret to longevity. Gladys Jarvis has just celebrated her 105th birthday making her one of the oldest living people in Shropshire. Born just one year after the start of World War One on February 27, 1915, in…
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