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We are very proud to have the UK’s sixth oldest person living at The Moat House. George Assinder moved here in 2009, immediately becoming Retirement Villages’ oldest resident. And he’s notched up another year, having celebrated his 107th birthday with a party for family, friends and neighbours at the Moat…
The reigning monarch was our Queen’s great grandfather. The Russian Revolution was big news. Women didn’t have the vote. And the Wright brothers’ inaugural flight had happened just two years previously. The year was 1905 – the year George Assinder was born. He now holds the honour of being the…
The release onto the market of three Coach Houses marks a rare opportunity to buy a brand new home at Chorleywood’s premier retirement village. Cedars Village is an established community for the over 55s, off Dog Kennel Lane, on the fringes of the town. There is already a range of…
Gillian Hudson wasn’t looking for a new job but when she visited Mayford Grange ‘it just felt right for me’. She is now firmly installed as the new Village Manager and looking forward to the challenges to come, including the opening of the Village’s nine-bed boutique nursing home The Grange.…
Avonpark Village, the private retirement village near Bath, has received international recognition after a delegation visited from Korea. Hongmin Park and Joon Huh, from Seoul’s first dedicated retirement research centre at the Samsung Life Insurance Company, travelled to the UK on a fact finding mission and to build relationships with…
Just days after being shortlisted for a prestigious national award, Wendy Eltze has been named as a finalist for a second award. Wendy Eltze already knew she had reached the last stage of the Care Manager category of the National Care Awards. Now Thamesfield Retirement Village’s Care Manager has been…
Six decades of caring for others has seen Wendy Eltze shortlisted for a national award. Wendy’s career path was set as a small child - at the age of four she accompanied her aunt, a district nurse and midwife on her rounds. Now, aged 68, Wendy is the care manager…
Avonpark Retirement Village near Bath has been dubbed ‘very, very special’ by former BBC news reader Martyn Lewis. Speaking at the official opening of the village’s new facilities, Mr Lewis, CBE, said: “This is just the start of something very special for Avonpark Village.” It is 11 months since national…
Every Christmas Carol White gives up her own family day, choosing instead to pull on an apron and cook a festive dinner, with all the trimmings, for ‘her’ residents and staff. That’s an example of the dedication beyond the call of duty that has seen Carol White, the Village Manager…
The area’s newest care home, The Moat House, has welcomed its first residents The 60 bed care home on the outskirts of Great Easton, near Great Dunmow, has been built to replace a 150 year old building of the same name on the 10 acre site. The 20 current residents…
