Whittington House Nursing Home

18/08/2026

The Chamwell Centre Charity

I had the pleasure of being given a tour of the Centre by Harriett who teaches swimming at the centre this week and was amazed by the wonderful facilities which are available.

Chamwell provides access to its facilities for people of all ages with permanent or temporary disabilities, additional needs, limited mobility, and the older generation.

Residents from Whittington House have expressed their wishes to use the Hydrotherapy pool and we are currently planning a trip to the Centre where I am sure our residents will have a wonderful experience spending time in the Hydrotherapy pool.

We will of course keep you updated on our visit and look forward to meeting Harriet and the team once again.

14/08/2026

BREAST CANCER NOW

What a lovely afternoon we all had fundraising for Breast Cancer Now. Staff, residents, visitors and families all joined in the spirit of the afternoon by dressing in Pink.

Musical entertainment was booked and everyone enjoyed afternoon tea which included delicious pink cupcakes made by our Chef and biscuits made by the residents with the help of Andrea from our Activity team.

Prizes were given for the most imaginative pink outfit worn by the staff and the three judges certainly had a hard task deciding on the three winners everyone looked amazing.

The residend judges which are in a few of the photographs are sat behind the decorated table with Janet on the right, June in the middle and John on the left.

We would like to thank all our wonderful staff, residents, visitors and families for supporting this event and a big thank you to the judges.

07/08/2026

🌍🎉 Wear Your Flag Colours Day at Whittington House! 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇧🇧🇧🇼🇬🇾🇷🇴🇵🇱🇿🇼

Today the uniforms took a day off and the flags took over! It was fantastic to see everyone proudly representing their home countries (and proving we might need a bigger world map in the staff room! 🌎).

Different flags, different cultures, one amazing team. ❤️ Thank you to everyone who joined in and brought so much colour, laughter and team spirit to the day.

Now for the big debate… who had the best flag colours? (No arguments… we’re one team! 😉🌍)

04/08/2026

95th Birthday Celebrations

We celebrated an incredible milestone of 95 years for Marjorie Muldowney a resident at Whittington House, where more beautiful memories were created with family and friends.

The beautiful pictures show what a wonderful afternoon Marjorie had celebrating her birthday.

A big thankyou to the 2nd Chef for baking the most delicious birthday cake.

29/07/2026

FOOTBALL FUN

Residents at Whittington House were invited to show off their football skills when James from the 'Football Fun Factory' visited. James delivered some fun games adapted for the residents which at the same time brought back memories about the wonderful game of football.

After such positive feedback from the residents James is back again soon where he will be delivering more fun sessions.

23/07/2026

Musical Therapy in Dementia

Music for Memories Charity very kindly provided Anne a resident from Whittington House with a bespoke playlist, drawn from her musical history and delivered through a specifically adapted headset.

As you can see the smile on Anne's face tells us all how familiar songs can lift mood and spark memories long thought lost. Anne is a big part of our community at Whittington House and music plays a very important part in her general day to day wellbeing.

A big thank you for Anne for being part of our photo shoot and Music for Memories kindly providing the headset.

16/07/2026

This week we had the pleasure of welcoming Tatiana Hnilytska a talented violinist for her very first performance at our care home.

Tatiana learnt to play the violin in the Ukraine and since moving to the UK with her husband Boris has been bringing joy and warmth with her performances to many. It was just what the doctor ordered for the afternoon, beautiful music, chilled drinks and relaxing outside in the shaded garden.

We would like to thank Tatiana for visiting and look forward to her next visit.

13/07/2026

Veteran Friendly Framework - Coffee Morning

We had a wonderful opportunity to visit the Order of St John Care Home in Cheltenham last week, Monkscroft where we took two of our Veterans to a coffee morning where they were able to meet other veterans.

Memories with a few entertaining stories were shared between everyone and we are always very grateful for their service and the example they set for future generations.

In the picture Left to right Andrea Williams, Peter Blake (Whittington House Care Home) Terry Lindop (Monkscroft Care Home) and John Ayres (Whittington House).

John and Peter said what a wonderful morning they had and are looking forward to the next coffee morning which will be held at Whittington House Care Home.
Date and time will be confirmed in a few weeks time and we welcome all veterans to come along and enjoy complimentary refreshments in a relaxed and homely environment and share more stories with all our veterans.

07/07/2026

01/07/2026

Music for Memories Charity

We were delighted to welcome Linda Fuggle-Jones from Music For Memories today and presented her with a cheque for £195 which Whittington House raised during Dementia Action Week. Music for Memories is a charity dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals with memory loss through personalized music experiences, providing headsets and playlists free of charge.

Janet Hall one of the residents at Whittington House in the middle of the picture helped present the cheque to Linda on the right of the picture with Client Relations Manager, Sarah Jacka on the left.

We would like to thank everyone who supported us During Dementia Action Week.