- A memorable Christmas
- Majesticare Compliance Manager and her School Friends Skydive Tribute
- Ross Court Best in Herefordshire
- Majesticare Finalists
- Wedding Anniversary Celebrations for Oaktree Court Resident
- Diamond Pair
- Coronation Street star opens Oaktree Court Wellington Rooms
- Hempton Field Certified in Investors In Education
- The King made a return to Oak Lodge Care Home
- Resident celebrates her 100th Birthday at Hempton Fields
- Majesticare Giving Back
- Majesticare Raises Awareness in Communities
- St Paul’s receives Gold Standard Accreditation
- Majesticare Support Dignity Action Day
- Twins celebrate 90th Birthday
- Sampford Care Home sponsor local canoeist
- Lawton Manor raises awareness and funds for Parkinson’s UK
- Majesticare Care Home joins Gold Club for end of life care
- Hat trick of finalists for Majesticare
- Lights, Camera, Action! A film premiere takes place at Glebefields Care Centre
- The King drops in at care home
- Cracking the secret to a happy marriage
- Double celebrations for Highfields Care Home
- Majesticare premier care home just got even better
- Bishop dedicates The Manor Garden Rooms
- Majesticare Residents share in Duke's cake
- Care home comes alive with the sound of music
- Majesticare embraces a greener future
- Majesticare plans state of the art care facility
- Majesticare opens new extension to Lawton Manor
- Majesticare is the place to work!
- Majesticare completes further acquisition
- Majesticare reaches for the stars
- Majesticare's website is a labour of love
- Glebefields in the press
- Majesticare wins gold
- Ken Dodd is tickled to open care facility
Majesticare premier care home just got even better
Coronation Street legend Liz Dawn MBE, who played Vera Duckworth on the soap for 34 years, was invited to officially open the extension to Lawton Manor, in Church Lawton, Stoke- on-Trent, ST7 3DD. The facility which is set in two acres of beautifully landscaped grounds will provide an extra 18 rooms at the home, all with en-suite showers, electric beds and flat-screen televisions. A Nintendo Wii room will enable residents to play console games, while a new Library, Picture House and hydrotherapy baths have been added.
Home Manager Sharon Smith said: "We've been increasing our numbers of nursing staff, care staff and catering staff. We have also taken on another full-time activities coordinator to work with our Social Care Manager Dawn Jones. The new facilities are for everyone in the home, not just for the clients who will move into the new rooms." Sharon went on to say "All the new rooms are individually designed, so no two are the same."
Work on the extension started in April last year and it was completed towards the end of last month. Speaking of the investment, Erica Hart, Managing Director of Majesticare, said: "It will enable us to future-proof the home and it is meeting the demands of the community. We've been encouraging the people who already live at Lawton Manor to think of the new extension as part of their home." Erica went on to say that "Lawton Manor, like all Majesticare’s care homes, has always offered the best possible quality of life but now with the completion of our extension, we can offer our residents, their friends and families even more."
Ronald Budd, aged 78, who has lived at Lawton Manor for seven years and is its longest-standing resident, said: "It’s a lovely place to live. I really enjoy it. The new extension is very nice." At the official opening ceremony residents welcomed visitors including soap star Liz by giving a performance of their singing talents. Liz said: "What a lovely place it is. It is in such a good position. You couldn’t wish for a better location." She added: "I do miss the stone cladding of Coronation Street. I had a happy time on the show, but 34 years is a long time."
Lawton Manor Care Home is one of seventeen Majesticare Luxury Care Homes.
12th June 2010
