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For the latest events and happenings at Holmwood Aged Care, regularly visit here. You’ll be able to read some of the stories and learn about the exciting activities that the residents have been getting up to.

16 May

Melina Townsend

Holmwood Aged Care was delighted to have Kaye, the great granddaughter of Melina Townsend visit the home!  Our new extension opened in August 2018 and is named ‘Townsend’.  This was named after Kaye’s great grandmother Melina Townsend. Melina Townsend was a well-respected midwife and...

08 Mar

Happy Pancake Day!

Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent.  Traditionally a time of fasting, Anglo-Saxon Christians went to confession and were “shriven”  this means that they were absolved from their sins. The other name for this day, Pancake...