ABERPENNAR Court Care Home, run by HC-One Wales, located in Miskin, Mountain Ash, welcomed visitors and guests from their local community to participate in this year’s Care Home Open Week celebrations from June 16 until June 22.
The homes main celebration events took place during Care Home Open Weekend between June 20 and June 22. Aberpennar Court Care Home welcomed residents, colleagues, friends, family and the wider community to their 1960 wood stock event.
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 Wales’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 June 19, Aberpennar Court Care Home welcomed in Vikki Howells, Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cynon Valley & Minister for Further and Higher Education. The home and members of the local community came together to celebrate summertime memories, past and present, and hosted a fabulous Summer Weekender event.
Residents and colleagues of the HC-One Wales owned care home enjoyed meeting MS Vikki Howells and chatting to her about what life is like at Aberpennar Court Care Home – which is an integral part of the local Miskin community.
MS Vikki Howells enjoyed a tour round the 47 bedded residential and nursing care home, including the hairdressing salon, café, hobby room, lounge, ensuite bedrooms and landscaped gardens.
Aberpennar Court Care Home hosted a Woodstock party where guests enjoyed the sunshine in the home’s outdoor garden area and listened to local singer, Craig who performed a variety of 60s music tunes. Everyone was dressed up in festival attire and enjoyed the BBQ refreshments on offer including hot dogs and burgers. To end the day, the home hosted their ‘Quiz of the Week’ and everyone enjoyed a good old-fashioned sing along.
Aberpennar Court 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.
Sandra Vernal, Home Manager at HC-One Wales’s Aberpennar Court Care Home, commented: “We were delighted to welcome our local community to Aberpennar Court Care Home as part of this year’s Care Home Open Week celebrations.
“It was a fantastic opportunity to showcase the warmth, compassion, and high-quality care we provide every day.
“It was also a chance for us to connect with families, friends, and neighbours, and to celebrate the amazing contributions of our residents and colleagues. Thank you for everyone who attended and who took the time to join in our vibrant life at Aberpennar Court.
“It was also great to welcome MS Vikki Howells 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.’’
Vikki Howells, Member of the Senedd (MS) for Cynon Valley & Minister for Further and Higher Education, said: “It was a pleasure to be able to visit Aberpennar Court in Mountain Ash during Care Home Open Week 2025.
“I’m always impressed by the exceptional work of care staff, who go above and beyond to create a warm and welcoming home environment for residents, and this has been recognised with Aberpennar Court being named as a ‘Top Rated Care Home in Wales’.
“I particularly enjoyed our singalong to live music outside in the sunshine. Thank you to HC-One for the invitation to visit.”
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