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Getting to know our resident Marie
Marie Bell-Hough was born in 1931 in Sunbury, Surrey. Her childhood was very much shaped by the Second World War, as were those of her siblings.
In fact, Marie’s education literally began in the a...
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Our resident Mary’s fascinating life story
At 88 years young, Mary came to live with us here at Hampton Care Home five months ago. Her vibrant personality and rich life experiences quickly made her a beloved member of the community.
Born in...
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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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Margaret is the beating heart of Hampton Care Home
Ever since Hampton Care Home first opened in 2008, receptionist Margaret Ramsay has been the first person that everyone sees when they first walk through the door.
Her friendly greeting and cheerf...
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Trouble-shooter Tracey shines at Hampton
Since 2019 administrator Tracey Jansen has been a cornerstone of efficiency and reliability here at Hampton Care Home. Her unwavering dedication to our home and residents earned her a nomination f...
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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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Aisori is a housekeeping star at Hampton
For the past three years Great British Care Awards nominee Aisori Gurung has brought warmth, dedication and expertise to her role as a domestic assistant here at Hampton Care Home.
Known for her ex...
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Film starring role for Hampton
We’re so excited that Hampton Care Home has a starring role in Wake, a new film that premiered in London recently!
The gritty ten-minute ‘short’ marks the writing and directorial debut of actor Ala...
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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 Jackie Fennell, our clinical manager
Jackie Fennell is our home’s new clinical manager. Jackie is a very skilled nurse and manager, gaining valuable experience in a variety of hospital and care home settings before coming to H...
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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)…
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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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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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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The Great Hampton New Year Flood
Even here in the UK, images of flash floods, giant puddles and people bailing out their houses have become regulars on our TV and computer screens. Happily, most of us can sit back complacently in...
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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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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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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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Introducing Stephanie, hairdresser to the stars!
Ever wondered why celebrities such as Julia Roberts, Ariana Grande and Ed Sheeran always appear to have such lustrous locks? Perhaps their beautiful barnets owe as much to careful nurturing as the...
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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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‘Good’ CQC rating for Hampton Care Home
We are delighted to announce that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has given Hampton Care Home a ‘good’ rating in the well-led category following a focused two-day inspection in January. The insp...
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Deputy Mayor switches on our Christmas lights
We were delighted to welcome the Deputy Mayor of Richmond, Councillor Suzette Nicholson, who performed the official switching on of our Christmas tree lights recently.
Our residents and sta...
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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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Spread a little cheer to our elderly on World Kindness Day
As World Kindness Day approaches (13 November), Hampton Care Home is appealing to the local community to spare a thought for elderly neighbours and acquaintances who are often isolated, especially...
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Hampton Care Home – then and now
The site in Upper Sunbury Road, which has been occupied by Hampton Care Home since 2009, has a rich and illustrious history. Before it became the comfortable, modern residential care home of today...
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Introducing Krystyna, our new home manager
We’re delighted to welcome Krystyna Bosko RN MSc as our new manager here at Hampton Care Home.
Krystyna brings a wealth of expertise and experience to the home manager role. She is highly ...
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Introducing Margie
We’re delighted to welcome Margielyn Lopez Gonzaga (better known as Margie) to Hampton Care Home as our clinical manager. Margie is an experienced care home nurse, deputy manager and registered ma...
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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 Hampton.
You grab you...
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Colourful Post-It montage graces our reception area
Visitors to Hampton can’t fail to notice a colourful montage featuring a blue train with the names of our units, complete with photos, and a lovely Christmas scene made out of post-it notes that i...
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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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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 Hampton.
With our friends from Oomph Wellness we headed out to Squires Garde...
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Ruth is in the kitchen!
Resident Ruth was showing the chef just how it’s done, making her Stilton and Poppyseed sables.
Ruth enjoyed cooking for her family and children, and this was one of her national dishes from ...
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It’s the little things
A happy life involves mental stimulation as well as physical and emotional care. We are all different, we all have those things that make us unique. At Hampton Care, our dedicated and highly traine...
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Community Afternoon Tea
Please come along for a complimentary tea and entertainment on the last Thursday of every month at 2.30pm.
A great opportunity to make some new friends and enjoy a naughty slice of cake – let us kn...
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Easter Bonnet Parade
At Hampton Care Home we take pride in getting to know our residents, their likes and dislikes, to ensure at whatever age everyone can continue to get the most out of life. But, we also like to get ...
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Care Home Open Day
We were lucky enough to have the pupils from St Mary’s school join us for our celebrations, and with cupcakes aplenty the children joined in with the residents for an afternoon of entertainment!
Li...
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Save the Date!
Come and join us for our Family Fun Afternoon, on Saturday 1st September. We have a fantastic line up of activities, stalls and entertainment and we would love you to join us. Hope to see you there!
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Family Fun Day
We held a fantastic Family Fun Day on Saturday 1st September and with the sun on our side, it was a roaring success.
There were games for the young, and the old to get involved with, from hook a du...
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Kew Gardens
There is so much to see and do at Kew Gardens, whether it is escaping to the Plant House to be transported to the rainforest or braving the heights of the treetop walks – we all boarded the O...
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Animal Fun!
We are joined by Greenacres Day Nursery school every Tuesday, and with every session, we run a different activity to ensure that all ages are engaged.
However, this week was very different, as we ...
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Greenacres Nursery
Every week the wonderful children, usually full of excitement, come and join the residents for an afternoon of activities. Sometimes the children bring their own activity that the residents help wi...
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Meet Anne Trigg, our new home manager
We’re delighted to welcome Anne Trigg as our new manager. She brings a wealth of valuable and varied experience to the role. Not only is she a qualified chef, baker and butcher – courtesy of the W...
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Meet our new home manager
We’re
delighted to welcome Sandra Roche as our new home manager. Sandra comes
to us highly qualified, thanks to an MSc in Social Policy and Social Work
Studies as well as a Diploma in Social Work,...
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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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Good CQC rating for Hampton
We are pleased to announce that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has assessed Hampton Care Home as ‘Good’ overall following a one-day focused inspection in August. We now have a We now have a Goo...
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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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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 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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