Corrie & Wild Heart stars visit Hurst Park Court

This Saturday saw Hurst Park Court Care Home transform into Roy’s Rolls for the day to welcome Alan Halsall (Tyrone Dobbs from Coronation Street) and his wife Lucy-Jo Hudson (Rosie from Wild at Heart) who visited the home and spent time meeting the residents, their families and members of the local community.

To mark the visit and make the guests feel at home, staff served up breakfast sandwiches, tea, coffee and other delights you would expect to find in the café.  A signed souvenir Coronation Street book was also on offer as the star raffle prize.

Home Manager Lorraine Sharpe with resident Irene Bruns who presented Lucy-Jo Hudson and Alan Halsall with flowers on their visit to Hurst Park Court

Alan Halsall said “It has been a pleasure for Lucy Jo and I to visit this fantastic care home.  Dementia is a story line running through Coronation Street at the moment and it has been great to be able to see that high quality care is available and that Hurst Park Court is a great place to live”.

Mark Greaves, Managing Director of Ideal Care Homes also attended the visits and said “It has been a great boost for the home and for Alan and Lucy Jo to take time out of their busy schedules to come and visit us.  Everyone has really enjoyed meeting them but no one thinks Tyrone’s engagement is a good idea!”

Hurst Park Court opened in November 2011 and is a 41 bed home, specialising in Dementia Care, offering 100% en-suite bedrooms, landscaped gardens and a hairdressing salon.

Home Manager Lorraine Sharpe commented:  “We are proud to showcase just why Hurst Park Court is a great place to live, and we very much look forward to Hurst Park Court becoming an integral part of the local community.

There is always lots going on at the home, including todays visit, earlier this month we hosted a dinner party for residents from our sister homes, and had an afternoon of good food and full entertainment.  Hurst Park Court is already becoming a warm friendly social hub for our residents their families and the community”

The home was built by sister company LNT Construction, both part of the Leeds-based LNT Group owned by adult social care expert Lawrence Tomlinson.  The Yorkshire born entrepreneur is responsible for a new era in care by abolishing third party top-up fees to ensure the highest quality of care for all, regardless of financial wealth and circumstances.  Welcoming both local authority and privately funded residents.

Winner of the signed Coronation Street Book; Resident Jean Williams Jean Williams with Lucy-Jo Hudson and Alan Halsall