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PLANNING FOR LATER LIFE 071 Top 10 recognition for Seniors Helping Seniors
UK. The award, from the leading guide to home care
www.homecare.co.uk, was based on reviews from the people they care for, their friends and relatives. Davina Ludlow, Director of homecare.
co.uk, said: “Seniors Helping Seniors has
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anterbury-based Seniors Helping Seniors has won the award for being one of the Top 10 home care groups in the
proved that it provides a high standard of care throughout its organisation and we’d like to congratulate it on being a top home care group! We feel it is a real achievement to be recognised for being one of the Top 10 home care groups in the UK. Looking for the right home care provider can be tough. We hope our awards will help to make people’s search that little bit easier.” Christian Wilse, Head of Seniors Helping Seniors, added: “An independent national award is great for us because it shows how many people we help and how far we have come. Our care concept has resonated well
with carers and clients and this award speaks to that. “Seniors
Helping Seniors is a great concept to run and it’s a lovely business to manage. We offer fl exibility and peace of mind to clients and carers, which is what people need. Clients have always been our best referrers. People looking for care want to hear from customers currently using the services.”
Canterbury care home celebrates 50 years
From humble beginnings in Kingswood Road, Gillingham, the Abbeyfi eld Kent Society has grown to become the biggest independent Abbeyfi eld in the world – and in May, it celebrated its 50th anniversary.
As the gloriously warm weather
continues, residents at Connors House Care Home in the city hosted their 50th anniversary barbecue.
Accompanied by the Mayor of
Canterbury, residents and their guests gathered in the courtyard, keen to bask in the sunshine and commemorate the milestone achieved. Partygoers relaxed in the sun whilst
singer, Donna D’Sylva, provided live music, some residents even joined in playing some instruments. Throughout the afternoon, residents and their guests were also treated to a tasty barbecue, as well as a wonderful celebratory cake, which had been created by Matthew Meiling, who works in the kitchen. • Visit www.abbeyfi
eldkent.org
CARE FACTS
• 654 = the number of care homes in Kent
• 291,000 = the number of people aged 65+ who live in care homes in the UK *
• 11.6 million = the number of people in the UK aged 65+ *
• 24.6% = the proportion of the UK population that will be aged 65+ by 2045 (up from 15.9% in 2015) *
• 82.8 = average life expectancy of a girl born in 2015 *
• 49% = the proportion of residents in care homes who are self-funding **
Discounted rail travel for the Young at Heart
Travel by steam train on the Kent & East Sussex Railway on selected dates throughout the year and, if you are over 60, take advantage of the special £13 return train travel (usually £18), which is valid on all trains departing on the following dates: 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 18th, 19th and 20th July. (There is no further reduction for groups on these dates.) Passengers can relax in the beautifully
restored carriages while the train travels 21 miles through scenic countryside
between Tenterden and Bodiam stations, while visitors can choose to pre-order a delicious cream tea or Ploughman’s lunch to enjoy during the trip. Visitors can also dine in the railway’s licensed restaurant at Tenterden station.
At Bodiam station passengers can enjoy discounted admission to Bodiam Castle. When at Tenterden station why not visit the Colonel Stephens Railway Museum (free with a valid train ticket)? • For more information, call 01580 765155 or visit
www.kesr.org.uk
© Darryl Curcher Photography
* Offi ce for National Statistics – ** Laing and Buisson
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