Residential Care Advice Blogs

Residential Care Blogs

Welcome to our Residential Care blogs, your trusted resource for helping your family understand the world of residential care for your loved ones.

Here, we offer valuable insights and practical advice to help you understand and manage the transition into residential care facilities. Whether you are considering a care home, assisted living, or other residential care options, our blogs aim to ease your decision-making process and provide you with the knowledge you need to make informed choices.

Lidder Care Promotes from Within as Newgate Lodge Expansion Moves Ahead

Lidder Care is proud to announce the promotion of two long-standing team members at Newgate Lodge Care Home in Mansfield, as strong community support helps drive majorexpansion plans at the home. [...]

Commonwealth Games swimmer returns to the pool after Newgate Lodge fulfils lifelong wish

A former Commonwealth Games swimmer who spent decades teaching generations of Mansfield children to swim has returned to the pool after Newgate Lodge Care Home helped make one of her long-held [...]

Choosing Between Residential Care and Nursing Care

Finding the right type of care for a loved one can feel overwhelming, especially when faced with the decision between choosing residential care or nursing care. At Lidder Care, we regularly [...]

Lidder Care Achieves Fundraising Target Towards Specialist Dementia Tables

Lidder Care has successfully reached its fundraising target to provide two specialist, sensory dementia tables for its residents at Newgate Lodge Care Home and Lowmoor Nursing Home. The [...]

Best Residential Care in Mansfield: Your Complete Guide to Quality Care Homes

Choosing the right residential care home for your loved one requires careful consideration of experience, facilities and care approaches. Mansfield offers several quality residential care [...]

Newgate Lodge Care Home to Celebrate Care Home Open Week with Exciting Community Activities

Newgate Lodge Care Home, based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, is taking part in Care Home Open Week 2025, which runs from Monday 16th June to Sunday 22nd June. Members of the local community are [...]

How Long Can Someone Stay in a Care Home?

When families are considering care options for a loved one, one question that frequently arises is about the expected length of stay. Whether you're planning for short-term respite care or [...]

Community, Compassion and Connection: May Highlights and Events From Lidder Care

Co-op Funeralcare Lends Generous Support to Our Dementia Fundraiser A massive thank you to Co-op Funeralcare who have generously donated £250 towards our specialist dementia tables fundraiser at [...]

Mansfield MP Joins The King’s Trust For An Afternoon of Activities at Newgate Lodge Care Home

Last week was an exciting one at Newgate Lodge Care Home, as we proudly welcomed Mansfield MP Steve Yemm and young people from The King’s Trust for a special visit to the home. It was a brilliant [...]

Recent Life at Newgate Lodge: Celebrations, Outings and Keeping Active

Welcome to this month’s update from Newgate Lodge Care Home in Mansfield, where we highlighted the wonderful events going on in our home as well as our days out, celebrations and fun from [...]

Fall Prevention in Care Homes: Reducing Accidents and Injuries Amongst Residents

As we grow older, we all become more susceptible to more frequent accidents and injuries, often due to factors such as cognitive decline, forgetfulness, reduced physical abilities or increased [...]

The Fundamental Standards of Care: Ensuring Quality and Safety in Care Homes

At Lidder Care, we are committed to providing the highest standard of care for our residents. We strictly adhere to the fundamental standards set by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which [...]

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