Performers sang, belly danced and played musical instruments as residents raised the roof in a Market Harborough care home’s very own version of Britain’s Got Talent. More than 70 revellers, including family members, clapped, cheered and sung along at Peaker Park’s Got Talent on Saturday, June 28. Spectator and resident Sylvia Sams, 80, who enjoys volunteering as one of the [...]

A deaf couple living at East Midland’s first official ‘deaf aware’ care home based in Market Harborough have said “we feel lucky being here”. When Leslie, 89, and Betty Key, 88, first moved into Peaker Park they were unable to communicate properly with staff but the team responded quickly with a range of measures. In recognition of its high standards [...]

Sam Wicks, our resident chef at Peaker Park Care Village, Market Harborough, is to compete in the National Final of the Care Cook of the Year 2014 culinary competition that crowns the Best Care Cook in the UK. Sam beat off stiff competition in the Midlands regional heat of the prestigious competition, impressing the judges and earning his deserved place [...]

Residents at River Meadows had a fantastic time at their tea party this month – organised to coincide with the nationwide ‘Time for a Cuppa’ campaign, which sets out to raise money and awareness for the Admiral Nurses. The Admiral Nurses work with individuals with dementia and the River Meadows tea party managed to raise a total of £285, which [...]

So, who was it that cut the mustard, who will relish in the big prize? Excuse the puns, but we couldn’t run a sandwich competition without throwing in a bit of ‘cheese’. Well done to all of our homes that took part in the competition. You amazed us with your creativity and truly rose to the challenge in producing the [...]

A Chauffeur driven Bentley taking you to an exclusive Country House for afternoon tea? Don’t mind if I do! It’s not an every day occurrence for the residents of Peaker Park Care Village, however we’re sure you would agree that Winnie reaching 100 years old is a special occasion! It wasn’t just her close friends and family that helped her [...]

The banners came out, Music put on and probably enough cake to feed a small village was baked but nothing is too much for our resident Stacey who turned 50 in January. As you can see Stacey isn’t camera shy and had a blast. Not only the life and soul of her own birthday party but everyday she brings smiles [...]

Friends and family of Gertrude Arthars held a party to celebrate her 100th birthday, with the great-grandmother proudly declaring she felt ‘prettier than the Queen’ on her big day. A former French polisher during her working life, Gertrude, known to everyone as Gertie, sparkled on her birthday, surrounded by five generations of her family at PrimeLife’s Meadow View Care Home [...]