Christmas at PH is traditionally a very busy and bustling time with lots of family visits and external entertainment, as well as a residents and relatives get together over a glass of sherry and a mince pies. This year however, things have been very different due to the restrictions imposed upon all of us by …
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Paxton Hall has started indoor visiting after a thorough risk assessment. The front entrance porch, which is no longer frequented as much as before the pandemic, has been decorated and furnished to allow us to host safe visiting by nominated family members. Visitors are required to book an appointment with the office, call in on …
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We would like to express our deep gratitude to various individuals and local businesses for their most generous unsolicited donations of various items for our staff at PH over the Covid period: – Zarrina Akbarova and Natalie Bartlett (pictured above) – two members of the public from St. Neots – who have been making face …
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On Thursday 4th June 2020, Joan Harris celebrated her 100th Birthday in style with fellow residents with a glass of sherry and a cake specially made for her by our chef. In addition to cards and gifts from loved ones, she received the customary telegram from Her Majesty the Queen, and despite lockdown, was able …
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We are extremely grateful to all our staff who are working diligently to keep Paxton Hall residents well and safe during the pandemic. Paxton Hall has been in lockdown mode since 16 March 2020 when rigorous infection control protocols were introduced swiftly and adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) purchased to prevent an outbreak of Covid-19 …
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Paxton Hall Care Home Cambridgeshire residents joined the entire country in celebrating the 75th anniversary of VE Day on Friday, 8 May 2020. The day saw lots of celebration throughout the home with wartime music being played, memories being shared, and songs being sung. In the afternoon everyone enjoyed fresh scones with cream and jam. …
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Here at Paxton Hall Care Home, we have introduced Flower Arranging to the Activities Calendar this month and this morning was our first session. We purchased 3 bunches of flowers which included green & yellow Chrysanthemums, Lilies, Gerberas & Iris’s which were the perfect selection with bright colours giving the ‘wow’ factor for residents. Residents …
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out a planned unannounced inspection of Paxton Hall Care Home on 8 January 2020 and we are delighted with the excellent report. Their ratings of the home were as follows. Overall Rating for this Service: Good Is the service safe? Good Is the service effective? Good Is the service …
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What a Christmas we have had here at Paxton Hall! We started off the month with a Christmas Adventure with Hartbeeps Children’s group, we’ve enjoyed Christmas singalongs with Tom Bryans on the guitar and a special Christmas Eve performance by Malcolm Carthy the Piano Man. We’ve made Christmas wreaths and mince pies and enjoyed visits …
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This month we had a special visit from Hartbeeps Children’s group which took upon a Magical Christmas adventure with Humpty Dumpty & Rudolph, we went Sleigh Riding and had a Snowball Fight. We wore Rudolph’s antlers, shook magic sleigh bells and held shimmering stars whilst singing along with the children. The atmosphere was incredibly energetic …
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