Gillian’s story

Had the bomb that dropped in her North London back garden during World War Two exploded, it’s very possible Gillian Sparks would not be alive today to tell the tale. Thankfully, it didn’t go off and as result 91-year-old Gillian has managed to a live a long and eventful life, and there’s no si...

Signature dish

All great chefs have their signature dish, and Ash Davies hopes his can prove three times lucky as he competes in a national competition. Ash’s mouthwatering leak and potato soup with garlic butter croquette was the first dish he ever prepared at catering college, and it also won him the Dormy Car...

Celebrate the success

We were delighted to once again come together to celebrate the success of our team members who make a difference and go above and beyond in supporting the ladies and gentlemen who live in our four homes. Staff from Dormy Care Communities came together in Bath in October for the annual Dormy Care Awa...

Bake on

It may only be early November but we can now officially state that its Christmas next month so we got our ‘bake on’ and started preparing the always wonderful Brockington House Christmas cake. We are lucky to have so many ladies who are adept at baking, as our recent Dormy recipe book demonstrat...

Halloween fun

We had lots of Halloween fun including Halloween themed Oomph fitness session with songs such as Monster Mash and Thriller. We also had a pumpkin carving competition judged by our ladies and we ended out day with a themed musical theatre concert featuring songs from shows such as Phantom, Cats and W...

That’s entertainment!

We have many great entertainers who come into Brockington House but few are as well received as the fantastically named Wolfren Riverstick. We think the pictures of our ladies and gentlemen watching him perform say it all. That’s entertainment with a capital ‘E’ when Wolfren is in ...

Hats off

Hats off to Becks, she certainly knows how to make our ladies and gents Zumba! Becks is a fixture at Brockington House and comes in on a regular basis to put everyone through their paces. She uses music and props to keep people engaged and sometimes even brings in her daughters to help out as well. ...

Wear it Pink

We had a Wear it Pink day in aid of a charity very close to our hearts at Brockington House – Breast Cancer Now. It included competitions, quiz and lots of cake! We raised £101.25 in just one hour. A massive thank you to our ladies and gentlemen, families and staff for all your support on wha...

Therapeutic benefits

You would never think that something as simple as an inflatable beach ball could have such therapeutic benefits, but as these pictures show, our ladies and gentlemen on our Mortimer floor had lots of fun exercise and stimulation when our personal trainer George put them through their paces recently....

Music to the ears

One of the many entertainers who visit Brockington House Care Community on a regular basis is Banjo Brian. He never fails to please our ladies and gentlemen with his singing and instrument playing and he also encourages everyone to pick up an instrument themselves and sing-a-long to class tunes from...

Lovely trips

We continue to enjoy some lovely trips in Herefordshire and beyond courtesy of our travel partner Myley Tours and our fantastic driver Nick. Recent destinations have included the Wellington Garden Centre where we had a good look around and enjoyed a cuppa and a cake. It’s great for everyone to...

Fun and games

There are always lots of fun and games going on at Brockington House. Traditional games like Scrabble and Game of Knowledge and then newer, non-traditional games like Jabadao which is movement play that is good for health, happiness and general wellbeing. The latter has proved so popular our ladies ...

Recipe book

Dormy Care Communities has ensured the memories of the ladies and gentlemen in our homes will live forever through the publication of a new recipe book. From the Heart of Home is the name of the book, which is a compilation of classic recipes handed down through generations and recalled by the ladie...

Exercising our bodies and minds

We have been exercising our bodies and minds all week at Brockington House and this activity very much required a creative mind as we did some fantastic watercolour painting. Our ladies and gentlemen requested to paint fruit and they did a terrific job as you can see from the photographs. So realist...

Afternoon of baking

We had a lovely afternoon of baking. There are few things better in life than the smell of freshly cooked biscuits that you have made yourselves and they get certainly got the thumbs up from the Brockington Bakers and Tasters. Baking is a great activity for boosting general wellbeing and it’s a lo...

The greatest therapies

Music is one of the greatest therapies and this week we welcomed the Timeless choir who sang old favourites from the like of Andy Williams and Bill Withers. Our ladies and gentlemen thoroughly enjoyed the performance, as they always do when we welcome entertainers to Brockington House Care Community...

Ukrainian Independence Day

We had a fantastic afternoon marking Ukrainian Independence Day. The celebrations included a lovely performance from Galina who showed our ladies and gentlemen how to play the traditional Ukrainian instruments before they listened to a lovely performance from Galina and her friends. Always nice to c...

Always very popular

Our fitness/dance instructor Becks is always very popular with our ladies and gentlemen and she always gets them moving with her motivational style. Recently she had some youthful support, aka her two daughters, with her at dance exercises which included the use of a giant ‘parachute’ wh...

Lovely watercolour work

Our ladies and gentlemen did some lovely watercolour work in one of our arts and crafts activities. A steady hand and lots of attention to detail were needed but as you can see from the work they produced, they are a very talented bunch. It was also a fine social occasion too as they chatted about t...

Happy birthday to us

Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday dear Brockington, happy birthday to us! We had a great day celebrating the 5th birthday of Brockington House with our ladies, gentlemen, families, friends and staff. We had a performance from The King himself. Yes Elvis Presley entertained u...

The Olympics

We had our own version of The Olympics at Brockington House, including indoor volleyball, basketball and a game of Olympic charades. These activities were great for getting everyone moving and we exercised the mind too with some creative activities like making our own Olympic torches. #galler...

A lovely trip out

Our ladies and gentlemen had a lovely trip out to Hereford Cathedral as part of our partnership with our tour partner Myley. From assessing each destination, ensuring it is suitable for our ladies and gentlemen, to providing transportation in their fully accessible minibuses, Myley tours are a fanta...

Scrabble Club

Our weekly Scrabble Club at Brockington has become a very popular activity with our ladies and gentlemen. It’s great for exercising the mind and a generally nice social occasion. Some weeks we have so many people taking part that we need to play doubles. Two heads are better than one after all...

Portrait artist of the year

Ladies and gentlemen at Brockington House posed as the models for aspiring young artists taking part in a unique portrait artist of the year competition. Brockington was once again the venue for the competition involving students from the Hereford College of Arts. It follows the success of the first...

Hands-on experience

Students from The Royal National College for the Blind have been getting hands-on experience in their chosen subject by working with residents at Brockington House. Young people from the Venns Lane-based college have been visiting Brockington as part of the course they are taking in Massage and Comp...

The age of air travel

With our around the world flight taking place across all of our homes this week we take a look at the history of air travel and how it has enabled us to visit destinations people could only used to dream about. It took only 12 seconds and covered a distance of just 40 yards but in North Carolina jus...

D-Day landings

Doreen Binks was aged 14 and living with her parents in a village near Nottingham when the D-Day landings took place on 6th June 1944. She recalls the big headlines in the newspapers in the following days which confirmed the invasion of western Europe was underway and the sense of optimism that gave...

Allied invasion

Most people who were alive at the time will remember where they were on D-Day and how they first heard the news that the Allied invasion of Europe was underway. June 6 1944 saw 160,000 Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy. Nearly a million more would follow that summer and gradually sweep n...

The highlight

Given the range of activities at Brockington House, it’s impossible to choose a favourite but few would argue that the highlight in May was a visits from students from The Royal National College for the Blind. Our ladies and gents have gratefully benefited from their lovely massages and genera...

Dementia Action Week

May is the month when the UK gets into full bloom – and it’s not just in the garden or countryside you’ll be seeing flowers emerging. The Forget Me Not appeal is an annual initiative that encourages people to wear a blue flower badge for the month of May to raise awareness and vital funds for ...

International Nurses Day

International Nurses Day is a day to celebrate and recognise the vital role that nurses play in all forms of health and social care in the UK and further afield. The value of nurses is well recognised at Dormy Care. We have qualified nurses working in all our homes and our founder and CEO, Helen Dav...

A clean freak

By her own admission, Brockington House Head Housekeeper Bev Price is a freak – a clean freak that is! And we know our ladies and gentlemen and their families wouldn’t have it any other way! This, remarkably, is Bev’s first professional job in cleaning, having joined Brockington House in 2...

A unique set of challenges

The maintenance of a luxury residential care home like Brockington House presents a unique set of challenges. This is because not only is it a place of work, more importantly it’s somewhere our ladies and gentlemen call their home. It is therefore vital that Brockington remains a pleasant, safe, a...

The next generation of nurses

Brockington House is always happy to encourage the next generation of nurses and recently we have been pleased to welcome Student Nurses from the University of Worcester. One of the Nurses gaining hands-on experience with us is Liv Evans. Liv’s family work in health and social care so they say it ...

Found her calling

Daisy O’Donnell knew she had found her calling as a carer when one of the ladies at Brockington House specifically asked for her to accompany her to the funeral of her husband. Daisy had forged a lovely bond with the lady and her husband, who both lived at Brockington. She says: “I loved caring ...

A complete U-turn

With a degree in economics and international business, Alexandra Onisor was headed for a career in banking until she did a complete U-turn and became a nurse. Alexandra’s story begins in her native Romania where she did her degree. But with a career in finance beckoning, she had a change of heart ...

Following the advice

Benito Birrell’s dream is to become a fire-fighter and he is following the advice of his uncle (who is also a fire-fighter) to help him realise his dream. Benito’s uncle said he would have a better chance of being picked in the selection process if he can demonstrate he has work/life experience ...

Affinity for animals

Maggie Taft inherited her affinity for animals through her father’s veterinary work, but that’s not the only thing she inherited from him. He was also an accomplished artist and it’s something Maggie was introduced to an early age, and which continues to inspire her today. You will often find ...

Going to extra lengths

Brockington House is going to extra lengths to ensure residents who suffer from a condition which makes mealtimes more difficult are still able to enjoy food which looks appetising, and safe. Science has proven that first impressions count when it comes to food, but this can be challenging when the ...

The roles were reversed

The roles were reversed when art students returned to Brockington House as part of an intergenerational link-up. In 2023, students from Hereford College of Art took part in what is believed to have been a national first – a portrait artist of the year competition held in Brockington. The ladies an...

Special memories

A football-based initiative that uses sport to stimulate memories in older people is paying dividends for ladies and gentlemen living at Brockington – and it also brought back particularly special memories for a former Hereford Town footballer! As part of the Talk Football project, Herefordshire F...

National Scrabble Day

What links tribal chiefs from the West indies with Amazonian tropical birds and a competition held in North-West England in the eighties? Give up? Well, the word Caziques is used to describe both the birds and the chiefs – a fact demonstrated to great effect by Dr Karl Khoshnaw when he used it at ...

Easter activities

We always make sure our ladies and gentlemen have a host of Easter activities to enjoy and this year was certainly no exception. Whether it was making bonnets, tucking into hot cross buns kindly donated by our local Sainsbury’s supermarket, making cakes, listening and watching some great enter...

Thinking outside the box

We are always thinking outside the box when it comes to devising new activities for our ladies and gentlemen and a life size game of Hungry Hippos and a visit from recently-born lambs are two good examples. Hungry Hippos, which was first introduced in the 1970s, involves players using mechanical hip...

Hats off

It was certainly hats off to our ladies on their latest community visit. We spent a great afternoon at the Labels shopping centre in Ross-on-Wye and our ladies particularly enjoyed trying on the amazing hats, all topped off with a visit to the cafe for a cuppa and a cake of course. #gallery-2...

Popular entertainers

We are blessed to have so such good acts at Brockington House but by far one of our most popular entertainers is Banjo Brian. He never disappoints as you will see from the photographs and even our staff can’t resist a dance, with the help of our ladies and gents of course! #gallery-30 {...

Intergenerational care

Our intergenerational care project with Hereford College of Arts continues to go from strength to strength. During January and February, we were delighted to welcome students back into the home to work with our ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great way for young and old to mix and everyone benefi...

Find a job you love

“Find a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” And when it comes to working at Brockington House, Keith Sullivan couldn’t agree more with the words of American writer Mark Twain who first coined this phrase. It took Keith a little longer to find the job he truly lov...

Using his skills

Having spent the bulk of his career working in some of the most highly rated restaurants in the world, Alex Thomas is now using his skills in a different way by enhancing the experience of residents, staff, and visitors at our four homes. Alex works in Regional Business Support for Dormy Care Commun...

The finer things in life

Dormy Care Communities has teamed up with the UK’s largest specialist wine retailer to ensure the ladies and gentlemen in our homes can enjoy even more of the finer things in life. The new partnership with Majestic Wine ensures that the wines on offer in our homes are on a par with many top re...

National Trivia Day

Today is National Trivia Day, a day when we can celebrate our knowledge and a chance to get our ‘thinking caps’ on. Playing brain games and staying mentally active can significantly help to reduce and slow down the potential negative mental effects brought on by growing older, and can potential...

Animal magic

Animal magic came to Brockington House with residents able to enjoy close contact with a wide range of beautiful creatures. Local company Animals Interactive brought a menagerie to visit our ladies and gentlemen, which extended far beyond the usual therapy dogs. Rabbits, tortoise and meerkats, an ow...

National Safeguarding Week

It’s National Safeguarding Week, an opportunity to highlight this hugely important subject and one we take incredibly seriously at Dormy. Across our Dormy Care Communities, safeguarding and protecting the ladies and gentlemen who live with us is our absolute priority every day of the year. Their w...

A recipe for success

Combining a team bonding exercise with fundraising proved a recipe for success for the kitchen team at Brockington House. Lead by Head Chef Cihan Wiltshire, the fab five took on the challenge of the Race for Life in Birmingham and set a fundraising target of £250 for cancer research. They smashed t...

Awards season

It cannot have escaped your notice that we are well and truly in the midst of awards season with not a day going by without an organisation or awards ceremony being highlighted on social media platforms or in the sector press. Competition within the care sector is well known – you only have to loo...

Pumpkin Carving

A Garden Centre Visit

And one trip was not enough so in the afternoon we visited the Blue Diamond garden centre to see the start of the Christmas decorations and the grotto they are preparing. Our group loved looking in the garden area at the trees and plants and also looking at all the decorations for the coming festive...

A Trip to Hereford Cathedral

the Dormy Awards

The Cider Museum

The real love of his life

A year spent in a laboratory experimenting with rapeseed was enough to convince James Thomas that a career in biochemical engineering was not for him. Instead, he decided to pursue the real love of his life, hospitality and catering, and this eventually led him to his current role as Executive Chef ...

A picture paints a thousand words

They say a picture paints a thousand words, so in Derek Foster’s case that must amount to millions and millions of words! That’s because in his working life, Derek was a professional photographer. He set up his own photography business with a partner in Hereford 1954 and it was major success, wi...

Feel at home

Having worked in community care before she came into residential care, Tracey Doherty knows exactly how important it is for people to feel at home – and she says this is exactly what Brockington House does. “It doesn’t feel like a residential home at all,” says Tracey. “I remember when I l...

Very creative

Whether it’s engraving dashboards, designing shop displays or working in photography, Tara Chatterly-Russell has always been very creative. Which is what made her the perfect choice to be our lead Activity Coordinator when Brockington House opened in 2019. Tara ensures that our ladies and gentleme...

A luxury hotel with care

“It’s like a luxury hotel with care.” That’s how Home Director Shann Thomas perfectly summarises what it is like living and working at Brockington House. Shann should know what good care and good hospitality looks like, having spent her career in both sectors. She left school aged 16 to foll...

The best of both worlds

As a Registered Nurse and Deputy Home Director, Alun Woodhouse says he has the best of both worlds at Brockington House. It means he gets to experience the home from every angle – with his clinical and non-clinical hat on. And having also previously worked in a private hospital where no expense wa...

Falls prevention technology

Dormy Care Communities has become the first in the UK to roll-out a ‘revolutionary’ Scandinavian state-of-the-art falls prevention technology in a project which is already seeing impressive results. We have partnered with Norway-based Sensio, to install RoomMate, a revolutionary safety sensor. T...

A Visit from Hereford FA

Halloween Crafts

A Trip to Oakchurch

Elvis Day!

Macmillan cofeee afternoon

Our Four Legged Friends

Across our Dormy Care Communities, some of the most popular visitors we welcome into our homes have four legs and wagging tails. Today is National Dog Day and we wanted to say a huge thank you to our four-legged visitors who truly brighten the days of the ladies and gentlemen who live across our com...

Cruise Week Highlights

Gardening Club

Out for a Pub Lunch

Elvis Day Prep

We’ve been getting prepared for Elvis Day, creating some wonderful ‘back-drops’ for our celebrations. We were joined by Christa’s daughter and grandson who helped with some of the arts and crafts including painting. The ladies really enjoyed having the help and we think we...

Parachute Exercise

Cheese and Wine Day

Banjo Brian

Shuffle Board

Scarecrow Building

In The Press: Portrait of the Year

A HEREFORDSHIRE care home recently hosted a ‘Portrait Artist of the Year” competition, a collaboration which brought together its residents and aspiring young artists from local colleges. The event, believed to be the first of its kind held by a care home in the UK, was hosted by Brockington Hou...

A Visit from the Guides

Alex the Memory Man

Mini Tennis

A Comment from one of our Volunteers

“Why do I volunteer? Mainly because I like sharing and luckily for me I’m time – rich.  I began at Foxhunters having been trained by a charity known to Monmouthshire Libraries called The Reader. I love books, I love reading, and I especially love reading aloud.  So when I was given ...

Volunteers Week

IT”s Volunteers Week, a wonderful opportunity to mark the fantastic and positive contribution volunteers make across the country.   At Dormy Care Communities, we particularly value to contribution of volunteers both from within our homes and from the local communities around them.   Many...

The Coronation and VE Day

To celebrate VE Day we watched a documentary hosted by Tony Robinson and then enjoyed a slice of this lovely coronation cake. Janet and Joyce are ready and Nora loves her little coronation themed planter and plant. Some of our ladies and gentlemen are watching the ceremony in their rooms and others ...

The Brockington Bakers

Banjo Brian getting us all dancing!

Planting ready for summer

Tending to our Garden

Meet Frances Hancock

Frances Hancock is one of a select group of people who truly deserve to be referred to as a ‘Pioneer’. In fact, that was the name given to her and the 14 other women who were the first women to be ordained priest in Hereford almost 30 years ago. Frances, who is aged 88 and now living in Brocking...

Wioletta and Cookie deserve a round of ‘a-paws’ for charity walk

A DOG is a man’s best friend certainly does not apply to Wioletta Guzy and her beloved dog Cookie and between them they recently raised £670 for a charity very close to her heart. Wioletta and Australian Labradoodle Cookie walked 100 kilometres during March as part of Dementia UK’s Walking Chal...

Easter at Brockington

Duck Pond!

Easter Bakers

Magic Table Games

Potting at Brockington

The importance of Nutrition and Hydration

Good nutrition and hydration are vital to everybody’s health and well-being, but as we continue to age, this is not always as easy to maintain. It is believed that 25% of elderly people experience mild chronic dehydration and 10% are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. Older people are more l...

Activities for people who walk with purpose

Many of the ladies and gentlemen who live in our homes will have had pets at sometime during their lives, whether that’s a cat, dog, or even a goldfish. There’s a reason we call dogs man’s best friend and why studies have shown that cats can lower stress and anxiety. Our furry friends have a p...

The Puuurfect Companions in our Homes

Many of the ladies and gentlemen who live in our homes will have had pets at sometime during their lives, whether that’s a cat, dog, or even a goldfish. There’s a reason we call dogs man’s best friend and why studies have shown that cats can lower stress and anxiety. Our furry friends have a p...

Brockington House in Luxury Care Home Guide

A HEREFORD care home has been named as one of the top 100 luxury care homes in the UK for the third consecutive year. Brockington House, which is situated on Hafod Road, is featured in the Knight Frank 2023 Luxury Care Home Guide. The 70-bedroom home is owned by Dormy Care Communities, a company whi...

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day saw us celebrating the women we admire most. We spoke about women who had left a mark on history, with a photo quiz including famous women in politics , science and other professions . We also chatted about family members who we admired; Eileen spoke about both gra...

Animal Therapy

Animal or pet therapy has long been proven to have both positive physical and mental benefits on people and this why it has become an integral part of the activities programmes at Dormy’s four homes. It’s particularly beneficial for people living with dementia because it’s a way of unlocking h...

Our Magic Tables

At Dormy Care Communities, improving the quality of life for people living in our homes is one of our key goals and we are continually investing in new technology to enable us to realise this goal. An example is the introduction of a Magic Table in two of our care homes – Brockington House and Fox...

Valentines Day

Mindful Colouring

Pancake Race

An afternoon of music

Making Bird Feeders

National Winnie the Pooh

Chinese New Year Crafts

Scrabble Club

Chinese New Year Crafts

Deal or No Deal

New Year Dominoes Challenge

Brockington Bakers at Christmas

A Christmas Craft Session

Making Wreaths

Christmas Jumper Day

When generations come together

It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas

A Christmas Trip

A Christmas Bake

A visit from Herefordshire FA

A Trip out to Town

Remembrance Service

Mindful Colouring

Our Christmas Project

Autumnal Art

Tin Can Alley

A visit from a furry friend

Water colour painting

Tover Table Fun

Halloween arts and crafts

Did you know we have a shop?

Planting on our Balcony

Our New Art Project

A Trip to: Thailand

A Trip to: New Zealand

Today we visited New Zealand! We had a quiz and enjoyed some homemade New Zealand Anzac biscuits, they went down a treat. The boys learnt the Haka for us and visited everyone to show it off! We also watched a travel documentary all about the nature & culture of the island! ...

A Trip to: Hawaii

Today we embarked on a trip to Hawaii! Our home was decorated and themed in all the communal areas! We played games, ate delicious exotic summer food and all tried hula dancing! Everyone loves our themed days and there is always plenty of laughs! Keep an eye out for where we go next! ...

Roald Dahl Day!

A Day of Pampering

Our Dormy Rose

Word Games

Giant Connect Four

National Cup Cake Day!

Continuing our Art Project

Our 3rd Birthday

Arts and Crafts

Mindful Colouring

Mindful colouring followed by an art appreciation session. We learnt about Vincent Van Gogh. We had a discussion about his legacy and what inspiration he gives to others. Frances liked his rustic style and Sue liked the fact he painted in a style that must have seemed unimaginable at that time ...

Cheese And Wine Afternoon

A Game of Pictionary

Crafting Paper Flowers

Banjo Brian!

Hedgehog House

Celebrating the 4th July

A Little Water Colour

Home Grown Always Tastes Best!

Some Morning Pampering

Fudge made by the Brockington Bakers!

A Beautiful Day in the Garden

Wimbledon Themed Hats!

Play Your Cards Right

A Few Morning Games

A New Word Challenge

Jubilee Bingo

Baking Celebration Cakes

Jubilee Celebrations

Trooping the Colour

Jubilee Cake and Games

Planting our Jubilee Tree

A Very Royal Visitor

Our Platinum Jubilee Corgi!

A Jubilee Scarecrow!

Jubilee Arts and Crafts

A Little bit of Gardening

World Tea Day

Jubilee Fountain

Pictionary

Jasper Came to Visit

Enjoying the Sunshine

Sunny Day in the Garden

Jubilee Preparation

Weekly Word Challenge

Relax and Pamper!

Jubilee Art Project

A Little Pampering

A Jubilee Craft Project

Super Hero Day!

National Pet Month

An Afternoon in the Sun

Easter at Brockington House

National Scrabble Day

Easter Baking

Drawing Class

Getting Crafty This Afternoon

Indoor Skittles

A lovely spring day in our gardens

Outdoor Arts and Crafts

A Little Bit of Gardening

Outdoor Book Club

A visitor on International Day of Happiness

Watercolour Painting

The Brockington Bakers are back!

St Patrick’s Day!

A Spring Quiz Outdoors!

Nutrition and Hydration Week

Plant a flower day

Some Irish arts and crafts

A Surprise for John!

International Womens Day!

Cruise Week!

Egyptian art!

Crafting Blossoms

Random Acts of Kindness!

Creative Art!

Neuro Graphical Art

Celebrating Love

Parachute Exercise

Scrabble Club

Up The Ladder Challenge

International Flower Day

Individual Exercise Sessions

A Weekend Quiz

Over the weekend, the ladies & gentlemen took part in a quiz! All were asked individually the same 10 questions and the winner with the highest would win a prize. When we presented Doris with her prize, she was very excited and couldn’t wait to tell her grandchildren when she next spoke to the...

A Relaxing Start to the Year

Christmas at Brockington House

Baking Shortbread

Scrabble Decorations

Cheeky Elves!

Making Christmas Decorations!

A Winter Wonderland

Chocolate Bingo!

Remembrance Day at Brockington

Last week we held our Remembrance day service in our beautiful gardens. We had a net of hundreds of poppies and everyone came out to the service. Our ladies and gentlemen had been making poppies for a few weeks in various arts and crafts groups and they were all on display today around Brockingto...

World Science Day!

Yesterday afternoon we celebrated world science day by having a mad scientist experiment afternoon! We tested out the floating egg experiment. One jar had salt added to the water and this is the result, popping a balloon with the use of an orange peel and kitchen paper with water & food colourin...

A great singing session

Yoga but with a twist!

The Brockington Bakers bake again!

Halloween at Brockington House!

To celebrate Halloween we had a mummy wrapping contest! 2 teams had to wrap one of our lovely carers up as fast as they could! The mummy that was the best wrapped after the time limit won! Pumpkin judging took place this week! The staff had carved pumpkins, no names were attached and our ladies and...

A drive in the country

A relaxing moment!

Parachute Exercise!

Scrabble Club, Book Club and some entertainment!

This weekend we had a musical duo that performed for our ladies & gentlemen. Corrine & Stephen ‘Upside Down’. They played many different songs, from opera, musical hits and well-known pieces, even a few pieces freehand with no sheet music. Some ladies sat outside their rooms and in the g...

Crafts, Volleyball and the Hope Gospel Country Band!

This week we had an energetic game of indoor volleyball. Even the spectators were getting involved on occasions! The ladies continued with our community patch-work crafts. John was more than happy to supervise us all, the patch-works are looking fantastic! And we had the Hope Gospel Country Band pla...

Books, Quizzes and Teddy Bears!

It was ‘Literacy Day’ this week, we reminisced about the ages that we started to read, which were between 4-9 years old and the books that impressed us. Enid Blyton, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare comics like the Beano and Dan Dare. Children classics like Black Beauty and the Chalet Schoo...

Getting Busy in the Garden!

Here at Brockington House, we are based in a wonderful location with a huge garden and spectacular views. Our ladies and gentlemen love the peace and quiet and enjoy taking in the local landscape of Hereford. We were out in the garden all this week, John was helping by watering the tomatoes and pick...

Pampering, Darts and Some Special Requests!

This week at Brockington House: Ann who lives here at Brockington House wanted to be involved and has become a home ambassador helping us with our library books! Today she visited other ladies and gentlemen in their rooms! Florence used to be a nurse and wished to help our team today, so she put on ...

Activity art appreciation

Picking our own veg!

A little pampering

Whiskers the robotic cat

Baking Club

Quoits

World Elephant Day

Potting!

Pressing flowers

Oomph gymnastics

An afternoon of quizzes and prizes!

Puuurrrrfect pictures!

One to one Ballet

Brain Training

Gents Club at Brockington House

BBQ and Ice creams

Brockington House Turns 2!

Oomph Olympics

An afternoon of Bingo!

Mermaids

Sandcastle Building

Brockington House’s Summer Holiday Day Two!

We are visiting Barry Island today! The garden is full of laughter as we enjoy lots of sea side activities #dormyvacation #dormysummertime Our Dormy Care holiday wouldn’t be complete without a Punch and Judy show, visit to the fortune teller and of course a quick surfing lesson! ...

Brockington House’s Summer Holiday Day One!

First day of our Dormy Care holiday and we are busy sand sculpting! #dormycarevacation This afternoon we went to our cinema after a morning in the sunshine! We enjoyed the folklore of Cornwall by the institute of Cornwall Studies We heard about the tales of the mermaids , literacy o...

Gardening in the sun

Meeting our new guest

A bit of a word game

The book club meet again

Crafting for our next adventure

Its hot in Hereford!

A virtual Japan visit

Bastille day baking

Come on England!

Feel good Friday!

4th of July Crafts!

This weeks book club

A great art session

Rollie comes to visit

Rollie came to visit! Pet therapy helps boost the well-being of our ladies and gentlemen. Having a pet can help to alleviate loneliness, isolation, and depression. Produce a calming effect, slightly reducing blood pressure and heart rates! We loved meeting this gorgeous animal today! ...

John is trying his hand at photography

Flowers from our garden

An Oomph live stream!

Our new garden project

Keeping our minds sharp!

A morning gym session

Virtual art gallery tour

Creative drawning session

Today’s creative drawing session. Our ladies and gentlemen enjoy the classes, a chance to be expressive and enjoy a new skill. Creating something through arts and crafts can give you a sense of competence and greater self-esteem. Our brains age, but creative abilities do not necessarily d...

Brockington House Street Party

Scrabble challenge

An afternoon of baking

Yvonne’s wish

We granted a wish today! Yvonne shared a story with our activities team about her dancing days as a tiller girl. She had mentioned how she would love a new photo album to store all her cherished photos and dancing certificates in and so the team headed out to find the perfect one. She was...

Live Oomph sessions

A day at the races in Brockington House!

A bit of sing song!

Preperation for Ascot Races!

National Donald Duck Day!

Keeping fit with Oomph

A visit from Jasper

An outdoor book club

Carers Week at Brockington House

Planting our raised beds

A little bit of baking

National Fish and Chip Day!

Our New Bike!

Celebrating the Queens coronation

The Great Dormy Coach Trip: New Orleans

West End Adventure!

The Great Dormy Coach Trip: Hollywood!

The Great Dormy Coach Trip: Nashville

Supporting our local Hereford FC!

Making a mask!

Decorative planters!

A crafty afternoon!

A bit of baking

Some live exercise!

1940s wooden spoons!

National Nurses Day

Growing our seeds for the garden

An afternoon of countdown!

VE Day

Creating some stamps!

Doris is making a difference!

Doris is making a difference! Here at Brockington House,, Doris is busy knitting away daily making batches of beautiful cardigans, little hats, gloves and booties for premature babies. Doris stepped up to the challenge and has been knitting for the Neonatal Unit in Kingston Hospital Surrey,...

Time to vote!

Exploring some puzzles!

Supporting our ladies and gentlemen with their hobbies is just one of the things we do to make life enjoyable in our home. Pauline has always loved jigsaws and is thrilled when she has a new challenge. She also loves horses so this puzzle was extra special! #meaningfulactivities #supporting...

The purrfect companion!!

Social distancing has heightened the impact of social isolation and loneliness on our aging loved ones, leaving many looking for solutions to provide comfort, companionship, and joy in their physical absence. Welcome to Marmalade, our new robotic cat. #pettherapy #robotictechnology #compani...

A little bit of gardening in the morning

Indoor football

Doris is quite the nature photographer!

National Gardening Week at Brockington House

National Super Hero Day!

Mindful meditation

Pictionary!

Jon’s Birthday in the sunshine

World Earth Day at Brockington

National Tea Tasting Day!

A morning exercise class

A competitive morning!

Getting the garden ready for summer!

A morning of Yoga

Happy Birthday Ron

The funeral of Prince Philip

Quoits!

A morning of darts

John looking after his new plants

National Zoo Day

An afternoon of fun and education!

Easter fun and games

A spot of gardening in the sun

Easter at Brockington House

Easter bonnet judging time

Easter is coming at Brockington House!

Easter Bonnets in the sun

A day in the sun at Brockington House

Potting some sunflowers in the spring sunshine

Working on our spring project

Spring flowers and sunshine

Getting competitive!

Tree drawing session

Fun and games

Scrabble

Spring art competition

Happy St Patricks Day

A stroll in the sun

An afternoon of games

National plant a flower day!

Hyacinth cards

International Womens Day

Where couples can stay together

Oomph Wellness and some games!

St David’s Day

Keeping Everyone Safe

An Afternoon of Games

Magic Table Sessions!

Making Daffodils

A Little Bit of Decoupage

Morning Exercise Session

A Dance to ABBA

National Soup Day

It’s National Homemade Soup day in the USA and there’s nothing more we enjoy on a cold winters day! In every cuisine, soup provides a rich basis of flavour and history. From family favourites to those with medicinal properties, soup is definitely a hug in a bowl! Our chefs always use fresh,...

Water Colour Art Session

Ball Games and Badminton!

Fidget Boards

Sensory therapy or fidget toys are an effective way to reduce anxiety, calm nerves, and provide comfort. These are simple touch-based activities that help someone keep hands busy in safe, soothing ways. No matter what the activity the goal is to engage ladies and gentlemen in something fun...

Seated Ballet Lessons

A Morning Crafting Paper Roses

Morning Exercise

New Years Yoga

Nora Scrabble Champion!

New Years 2020

Words of Wisdom for the New Year

Santa at Brockington House

A Christmas welcome to Santa’s helpers!

Getting festive with mince pies!

Home-made decorations

Using our Tovertafel

Ding Dong!

Christmas Games!

Gingerbread Baking!

Scrabble Decorations

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

Our ladies and gentlemen have enjoyed decorating our trees and creating some festive corners around our home. It’s been fun sharing stories and talking about our Childhood Christmas memories! We have some other festive plans ahead so watch this space for more pictures! Merry Christmas from everyon...

Keep on moving..

Scrabble challenge..

When its raining outside we love the chance to enjoy a little competition and scrabble is always one of our favourite games! A bit of healthy competition as well as laughter always goes down well (as does a drink in our bar for those who fancy one!). Keep and eye out for those X,Y and Z’s! ...

The Brockington Bake off…

We have started on our special Christmas cake. Lots of us had traditional family recipes that we enjoyed sharing and comparing tips. A team effort with the stirring and preparing our cake. Next up will be the decorating before the final fun part of the tasting! The smell as they were baking was amaz...

A little bit of Magic!

We have been enjoying our magic table from Tovertarfel. The interactive light projections entice people to get moving and have fun together. Today we projected the images on to the floor and caught the fish as well as using our feet to move the leaves and pop the stars. It,s a fantastic sensory expe...

Brockington House receive paper aeroplane messages flown in by children

Our ladies and gentlemen were overjoyed to receive paper aeroplanes from children, filled with beautiful heart-warming messages. With visitors not currently allowed into the home due to the recent outbreak of covid-19, we were incredibly touched to find these aeroplanes which had been flown in over...

Brockington House win first prize at Pinder Healthcare Design Awards

Brockington House is delighted to have won an award at the Pinder Healthcare Awards. Recognising the very best in care-related properties, the prestigious accolade seeks to acknowledge the contribution these properties make to the wellbeing and quality of life for those in their care. The panel of j...

Ladies & gentlemen offer wise words of advice to the younger generation

The ladies and gentlemen at Brockington House have taken to social media to share some kind words of wisdom for the younger generation. Using their years of experience, the ladies and gentlemen – ranging from ages 78 to 95 – each chose a key piece of advice they felt was an important lesson ...

Care home magazine interviews Dormy CEO on next generation of care homes

Dormy Care’s very own CEO, Helen Davies-Parsons, was recently interviewed by Care Home Professional magazine about her vision for the next generation of luxury care homes. Discussing everything from where Dormy started to how it has grown and all of the well thought-through design, interior and ca...

Brockington House named as finalists for Pinders Healthcare Award 2020

Brockington House is delighted to have been named as a finalist in the Pinders Healthcare Awards for 2020. The prestigious award recognises the very best in all care-related properties and seeks to acknowledge the contribution these properties make to the wellbeing and quality of life for those in t...

Dormy Care’s Commitment to being Environmentally Friendly

  Dormy Care is passionate about caring for the environment in everything we do. We are always looking for ways to minimise our carbon footprint across our portfolio of homes and believe that it is equally as important to look out for younger generations as it is to care for our older ones. Her...

We’re getting into the Christmas spirit at Brockington House!

  We’ve been feeling festive at Brockington House and can’t wait to spend our first Christmas in the home. Our ladies and gentlemen have been getting into the Christmas spirit with seasonal activities, arts and crafts, Christmas decorations and festive day trips out. Here what we’ve been ...

SAS Hero Declares Brockington House Officially Open

Brockington House was officially unveiled last Thursday by former SAS hero, Bob Curry. The event, which took place on 24th October, had more than 150 people attending and was a wonderful and heart-warming afternoon. With such close ties to the area following years of training at Hereford’s SAS hea...

Brockington House Adopts a Gorilla!

Brockington House is proud to have adopted two gorillas named Mugaruke and Chimanuka through the international Born Free Foundation. Dedicated to ensuring that all wild animals are treated with compassion and respect, The Born Free Foundation carry out amazing and important work to protect endangere...

Brockington House Named One of the Top-Rated Care Homes in Hereford

Brockington House is delighted to announce that we have been named one of the top-rated care homes in Hereford by leading online care guide, carehome.co.uk. Although open just a few months, we have already received an impressive review score of 10 out of 10 from the ladies and gentlemen who live wi...

Dormy Care install award-winning ‘magic tables’ to help tackle dementia

Dormy Care is thrilled to have the innovative Tovertafel ‘Magic Tables’ installed in two of our homes. Providing fun, calming and interactive games, Magic Tables are proven to positively impact those living with dementia. The award-winning product projects a series of stimulating light games ont...

Brockington House Now Open!

After years of hard work and planning, our latest Dormy Care Communities home is now open. Brockington House in Hereford is a luxury purpose-built home and is the fourth addition to our luxury care home group. With 70 fully furnished ensuite bedrooms, the home has been professionally designed throug...

Brockington House Marketing Suite now open!

Members of the public got their first glimpse behind the scenes at a new luxury care home – Brockington House, Hereford which will fully open Summer 2019. The Mayor of Hereford, Councillor Sue Boulter, officially opened the Brockington House marketing suite on the 25th April, welcoming visitors in...

Information Centre Officially Opened by Chancellor of Hereford Cathedral

Dormy Care Communities has officially opened its information centre for Brockington House on West Street, Hereford, to help people find out more about the home and the nursing, ancillary and administrative roles available. The information centre is for anyone interested in the home to drop by for a ...

New Care Home Opening in Hereford Summer 2019

Our latest luxury care home, Brockington House, will be opening in Hereford in Summer 2019. Becoming the fourth addition to the Dormy Care Communities family, it will provide the same standards and services as our other homes, offering luxury living with quality care. Types of care we will offer in...

A warm welcome to our new Home Director at Brockington House

Welcome to Shann who joins us as the new Home Director of Brockington House, Hereford. Shann originally qualified as both RMN and RGN and went on to join the Private Sector in 1992. She then moved to live in Africa for 17 years and ran a successful business before returning to the UK in 2014 where s...

Welcome to Brockington House, Hereford…

There is nothing more exciting than starting the New Year announcing we have another new home under construction! Dormy Care Communities have planning permission for a 70 bedded nursing home in the beautiful location of Hereford. With views of the Malvern Hills, our next home will offer the same sta...