Activities at Upton Bay Care Home

For a cause that's close to our hearts, the Upton Bay Family took part in a 12 hour sponsored walk, in and around the grounds and wider community. Each wearing a pedometer, we were able to total up everyone's distance walked over the course of the day. Together, we strolled, jogged, and danced our way to an incredible 24 miles in just 12 hours! That's just shy of a marathon, for any athlete's reading! Thank you to yesterdays visitors for your kind donations to Alzheimer's Research UK, who's important work supports the lives of 944,000 people in the UK diagnosed with Dementia.

Stay tuned for the 2nd October, when our Home Advisor Sophie will be running the London Virtual Marathon from Upton Bay in support of Prama!

It is with heavy hearts that residents at Upton Bay Care Home bid their final farewell’s to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II yesterday, as we came together to watch the State Funeral. We honoured the Queen, her extraordinary life and service to the nation and the Commonwealth over 70 years of reign, making her the longest-reigning monarch in British history.

For many of our residents, the Queen represented comfort, hope and peace over the past seven decades of her sovereignty, and she will be sorely missed.

During the national period of mourning, we’ve spent time reminiscing and celebrating the memory and reign of Her Majesty. Collectively, our residents, staff, and families have been sharing special words of comfort in a condolences book, which we will be sending to The Royal Family.

Those puppy dog eyes!

Quite possibly the best event in our calendar this year, as Upton Bay was filled with the most adorable dogs from Caring Canines for our Annual Dog Show! From Labrador to labradoodle, terriers, bichon's, and Heinz specials, our hearts were full of love for each and every pooch.

This motley crew entertained us all with their boundless energy, copious amounts of cuddles and show stopping tricks, looked after by their amazing volunteer humans!

We were delighted to welcome guest judge MP Tobias Ellwood, who has been patron of Caring Canines since their first years, and shared some lovely sentiments of his long standing affiliation with the charity.

A special thank you to Marshalls Pet Supplies - Poole, our local award winning pet store of over 30 years, for kindly donating the wonderful gift voucher for our raffle, the proceeds of which raised a fantastic £88 for Caring Canines.

And lastly, congratulations to Peggy and Rusty, for winning Best in Show, judges and crowd vote!

We are happy to announce that we have won a carehome.co.uk award and have been prized for one of the Top 20 Care Homes in our region for 2022. The awards highlight the most recommended care homes in each region of the UK and the recognition is based on published reviews from residents and their families and friends, as of February 2022.

Although the Great British weather has failed us this week, we still made the most of a dry spell to head out to Wareham for a breath of fresh air, and picturesque views of the misty landscape, looking like something from a Jane Austen novel! And of course, a '99 to top off the afternoon. We even spotted historic Brownsea Castle in the distance, beyond the rising tide.

Residents at Upton Bay enjoy nothing more than getting out and about, and for our ladies and gents who have joined us from other counties, we just love showing them what beautiful surrounding we have only minutes from our doorstep in pretty Poole.

With all the recent buzz around the release of the new Elvis biopic, we brought a taste of The King to Upton Bay!

The suave Steve Linn serenaded our ladies with the best rock n' roll hits of the 60's, as we boogied the afternoon away to his enigmatic as-ever musical showmanship.

Swooning at the sides of the stage, Evelyn and Joan were swept off their feet to a rendition of Devil in Disguise, which sent pulses soaring!