Party time! Community joins local care homes for ultimate summer festivals

Two care homes in Hampshire hit the right note as they opened their doors to local people for an unforgettable day of music and entertainment. 

Care UK’s Carpathia Grange, in Southampton, and Sway Place, in Sway, were joined by the people of Hampshire for their very own festivals. 

The fun-filled events came as the homes celebrated Care Home Open Week, a national initiative that encourages care homes to open their doors and showcase what life in a care home is really like.

At Carpathia Grange everyone enjoyed live entertainment from local singer Summer Worsley. Guests also enjoyed street food, including sweet potatoes fries, Texan style burgers and hot dogs.

Over in Sway, Sway Place hosted a flower power 1970s themed festival. The team played music from the 70s all afternoon and served homemade cocktails and mocktails with a 70s twist! Guests also enjoyed a 1970s inspired buffet, complete with tequila sunrise cocktails, cheese and pineapple hedgehogs and a prawn cocktail vol au vents all prepared by the home’s Head Chef.

Pooja Dhoot, Home Manager at Carpathia Grange, said: “We certainly welcomed the summer in style at Carpathia Grange with our very own festival.

“We are always looking for new and exciting ways to support residents to lead fulfilling lives – and what better way to do that than to host our very own festivals, we certainly pulled out all the stops and created a day to remember.”

Jane Baxter, General Manager at Sway Place, added: “I’d like to thank the local community and the people of Hampshire for attending our truly memorable events – and a huge well done to all the team for organising such a musically good festival!” 

To find out more about Care UK’s Festival Season celebrations, please visit: www.careuk.com/festival-season 

To find out more about Carpathia Grange, please contact Customer Relations Manager, Nikki Toomer, on nicola.toomer@careuk.com or call 0238 098 8733To find out more about Sway Place, please call Laura Blake, Home Admissions Advisor, on 01590 607371, email laura.blake@careuk.com 

Carpathia Grange and Sway Place provide residential, dementia and nursing care. The homes have been designed to enable its residents to live active and fulfilled lives, while also promoting independence. The layout of the buildings are configured into a series of individual suites, to help facilitate the creation of close-knit communities.