The homes main celebration events will take place during Care Home Open Weekend between Friday 20th June and Sunday 22nd June 2025 when Perry Locks Care Home will welcome in friends, family and the wider community to join residents and colleagues at the home for their festivities.
Care Home Open Week is a national event hosted by Championing Social Care, designed to connect care homes with their local communities. The week will offer care homes the opportunity to showcase their range of services, provide tours of their facilities, and highlight the activities that are offered to residents.
The event is also a reminder to the homes’ neighbours that they are there if they need support. Throughout the week, residents, colleagues, families, and friends enjoyed a variety of fun-filled activities culminating in an end-of-week celebration at the home.
The event also sought to connect the homes with their neighbours, highlighting the communal support that the home can provide. HC-One’s chosen theme for this year’s Care Home Open Week was ‘The Big Summer Weekender’ emulating the nostalgic feel of British summer holidays with a variety of fun-filled activities culminating in an end-of-week celebration at the home.
On Monday 16th June, Perry Locks Care Home welcomed in Paulette Hamilton, Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Erdington and Interim (and Vice) Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
Residents and colleagues of the HC-One owned care home enjoyed meeting their MP, Paulette Hamilton, and chatting to her about what life is like at Perry Locks Care Home – which is an integral part of the local Perry Barr community.
MP Paulette Hamilton enjoyed a tour round the 128 bedded residential, nursing and dementia care home, by Home Manager, Patience Cole and Anna Selby, Executive Director for Quality at HC-One, including the hair salon, lounge, ensuite bedrooms and gardens.
Perry Locks Care Home hosted a continental breakfast for MP Paulette Hamilton and residents to enjoy. MP Paulette Hamilton enjoyed meeting everybody and spending time with residents and colleagues. Paulette complimented Perry Locks’ beautiful sensory garden and enjoyed participating in the home’s musical quiz that took place. Later Paulette enjoyed some light refreshments whilst having a chat with residents, Mary and Valerie, who were delighted to meet Paulette who was interested in hearing about Perry Locks' development.
Perry Locks Care Home was adorned in a variety of summer themed decorations, emulating the nostalgic feel of British summer holidays past and present provided a perfect setting for everyone to come together as a community, and to learn more about life at the care home.
As well as providing a space for existing relatives and residents to celebrate life at the home, visitors were encouraged to hear directly from colleagues in the home about what a rewarding career in care looks like as well as opportunities for community engagement and about the volunteering roles on offer within the home.
Patience Cole, Home Manager at HC-One’s Perry Locks Care Home, commented:
“Care Home Open Week at Perry Locks was a fantastic opportunity to open our doors and bring people together to celebrate the heart of our home — our residents, colleagues, and community.
“We were proud to showcase the compassionate care we provide, and it was wonderful to see so many friendly faces join us for a week of fun, laughter, and connection. Events like these help build stronger relationships and challenge outdated perceptions of life in a care home.
“It was great to welcome MP Paulette Hamilton to our home. Everyone had a great time, chatting and discussing key issues they care about and what actions can be taken to overcome them.”
Paulette Hamilton, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Erdington, said:
“Care Home Week is a powerful reminder of the extraordinary dedication and compassion shown by care staff across the country. It was a pleasure to visit HC-One’s Perry Locks Care Home to personally thank the staff for the vital work they do in supporting our elderly residents.
“Speaking with both staff and residents provided invaluable insight into the challenges they face and the issues they want me to champion in Parliament. As a former nurse, I understand firsthand the skill and care this work demands.
“This Care Home Week, and every week, we owe these incredible professionals our deepest gratitude.”