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A CARE home’s latest recruit is hoping to get a pawsitive response in her efforts to help residents suffering from dementia. Cockapoo Lottie is just four months old, but is already getting to work helping residents at Colne House in Earls Colne. Lottie and older sister Ruby are both care home dogs owned by its maintenance man Tom Goodair. Mr Goodair said the pawesome duo had made a big impression on everyone at the home – with the exception of resident cat Daisy.

This has been the year when we have sent out our message loud and clear - Kingsley Healthcare is in Lowestoft to stay.

Seventeen years after my wife Sumi and I started on our Kingsley journey by buying a care home in Oulton Broad, our proudest moment came on August 4 when we moved into our new company headquarters, Kingsley House, in the town’s Clapham Road South.

She always comes to work with a get- up-and-go attitude. And most importantly for any new employee, Teddy has the perfect mentor to show her the ropes – as a care home dog at Kirkley Manor. Dani Gaston has been bringing three-year-old Lhasa Apso Monty into work with her at the Kingsley Healthcare run home in Kirkley Park Road, Lowestoft, since she started as manager more 

Five generations have come together as the newest member of the family was introduced to one of the oldest. Seven-month-old Lacey Minshull visited her 92-year-old great great great aunt, Catherine better known as Bette Gray at the Oaklands care home in Scole, near Diss.

The chefs at Brooke House retirement home in Brooke have been cooking up a surprise for their residents who have difficulty swallowing. The problem, sometimes experienced by people living with dementia, means food has to be liquidised to prevent choking, often making meals look bland and unappetising.