On the road again

Pelham makes another dream come true. Doreen’s dream of riding in a 2 seater red sports car became real today when Tim Raymond arrived in his beautiful Alpine Convertible Sunbeam Sport Car and took her for a ride along the coast. Tim helped this dream come true in every sense of the way, as it […]

Christmas visitors

With the arrival of December, the Christmas season has got off to a lovely start here at Pelham House with some welcome visitors from the local community. South Kent Community Church opened the season with a lovely Carol service at the start of the week. Then yesterday afternoon the children of Christ Church Academy treated […]

Proud memories

We had another dream that came true on the last Friday of November. I just hope I can tell the story and give it the merit that it deserves…. Our dear resident Mr. Ernest Butler was paid a visit by Supervisor Allen Head of the RNLI. We knew that “Ernie” had been part of the […]

What is Sundowning? How does it affect people living with dementia?

Sundowning describes an increase in agitation, confusion or irritability that sets in towards the end of the day as the light starts to fade, and/or during the night. Experienced by as many as 1 in 5 people living with Alzheimer’s Disease, it is most common in the mid to later stages of the disease, and although […]