Cartoonist Tony Husband has created a 9ft mural for residents at RMBI Home Cadogan Court in Exeter. Well known for his cartoons in newspapers and magazines including Private Eye, Punch and The Times, Tony visited the Home on Thursday 10 May with dementia activist Gina Awad who supported the event. He spent the day drawing different focal points with the help of residents, which he later created into a large mural in the Home’s reception. Gina gathered residents’ stories which inspired Tony to create personalised portraits for residents to have as keepsakes. Tony said: “It was wonderful...
Staff at RMBI Home Cadogan Court in Exeter, have teamed up with The Donkey Sanctuary in Sidmouth, to bring some interesting animals to meet with residents. The donkey handling team brought Willow, the miniature donkey, with them to the care home on Barley Lane on Friday 23 May. Willow has a calm nature and has been trained to go down corridors. He visited residents in different parts of the Home with his handlers, and enjoyed eating ginger biscuits and carrots. During the session, residents were also able to learn how to care for the donkeys and about the sanctuary’s work to help protect...
Mr and Mrs Walter and Elsie Nicholls, residents at RMBI care home Cadogan Court in Exeter, celebrated 70 years of marriage on 4 January 2017. Residents and staff gathered in the Home's dining room to celebrate the occasion with musical entertainment by a band with banjos and a special lunch. The couple's son Jeff and his wife Sue visited to join the celebrations and supplied the Longhorn beef from their local farm. Everyone tucked into the lovely meal and enjoyed some wine and coffee afterwards. Walter and Elsie received a special card from the Queen congratulating them on their...
Helena Alice Walker, resident at RMBI care home, Cadogan Court in Exeter, celebrated her 103rd birthday on Thursday 1 October.
Helena enjoyed a lovely morning sharing her birthday cake with residents, family and friends at the Home and playing her favourite game, Bingo, at which she also won a prize.
Helena has been a resident at Cadogan Court for three years. She was born in 1912 near Bow Bells in East London and worked as an upholsterer at Queen Anne’s Mansions, near Buckingham Palace.
Helena married Chef John Walker, and has two children and a grandchild. She...
RMBI care home Cadogan Court, Exeter, has celebrated British Food Fortnight with an array of foodie events including a menu of local produce from the West Country, a Macmillan’s Coffee Morning and afternoon tea.
The fortnight lasted from 19 September to 4 October in which RMBI adopted a special menu of local produce from the West Country including a full English breakfast with local sausages and eggs, pork for lunch and an afternoon cream tea.
Angela Webb, Activities Coordinator at Cadogan Court in Exeter, said: “Food is the perfect way to bring people together and British...
From the classic savoury steak and kidney to the delicious sweet apple and blackberry, families have been enjoying pies for years and last week was no exception as the nation celebrated British Pie Week.
Pies have become a symbol of British comfort food at its best and can be traced in history as far back as 2500BC.
To celebrate British Pie Week, residents from the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (RMBI) care home, Cadogan Court in Exeter took part in a variety of pie-related activities organised by the Home’s Activities Coordinators, Angela Webb and Alison Parry....
Recent results from a national survey have shown that at RMBI Home Cadogan Court in Exeter, there is a high level of customer satisfaction, with an impressive 90% of residents saying they are happy with the care and support they receive.
Now in its third year, the Your Care Rating survey is the country’s largest and most authoritative survey of care home residents. The nationwide survey gives residents, and their relatives, a voice and enables care home providers to continue to improve the service they offer.
The term ‘care home’ can often attract negativity due to past...
Volunteers from the Research and Knowledge Transfer department at the University of Exeter will be helping host a 1950s Fun Day at Cadogan Court Care Home, Barley lane, Exeter for the residents and their friends and families.
All are welcome at the event which will take place on Tuesday 3 September between 11am and 3pm.
Staff will be dressed in 1950s fancy dress to make the most of the day’s activities and there will be prizes for the best costume.
Activities will include Lucky Dip, Hoopla, Bric a Brac, Roll a Penny, tea, coffee and cake stall, and a prize draw.
