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Abacare service user pens poem to thank his carers
| Published: 15th July 2019 11:25 |
ALFRED Tubb from Killay has thanked carers from a Welsh care provider who look after him with an original poem (July, 2019).
The 96-year-old is looked after by Kelly Barrow, Beverley Davies, Jayne Williams, Kimberley Corrick and Daniele Thomas from Abacare and is able to remain independent at home because of their care.
He said: “I look forward to the days my carers pay me a visit as they are extremely friendly, kind and most of all, supportive, and I wanted to write the poem to show my heartfelt thanks to them and to let them know just how much I appreciate them.”
Alfred’s poem ‘Angels of Care’:
I did put it off, but needs must,
And as the years crept by
I accepted the inevitable,
My girls said, Dad
You must be mad
Care is to be had,
You can have help
So, I agreed
And indeed
I met my angels of care,
Girls I bantered with
To obscure the embarrassment
Of being dressed from bare
But they most truly are
Angels of care
And, my dear friends.
Kimberley, who is one of Alfred’s carers, said: “Myself and the other carers were so touched by Alfred’s poem. We thoroughly enjoy visiting Alfred on our calls, he has become much more than a service user to us, he is a great friend.
“It is people like him that really make this job so rewarding and I would highly recommend anyone considering a position in the industry to go for it. Caring has become more than a job for me, it’s become a vocation in life. I’ve not only met fantastic people like Alfred, but I also work with a supportive, helpful and friendly team too.”
Abacare operates a professional Care Management Team that is committed to providing high quality care to individuals in their own homes.
The large team of trained, specialist, care workers provide positive based outcomes and person centred care to people throughout the UK.
Its core values, instilled into every staff member, include ‘make us proud’, ‘focus on our service users’ wellbeing’, ‘communicate, listen well and speak with respect’, ‘be passionate, honest, caring and considerate’, ‘recruit and develop the very best’ and ‘lead by example’.
It is a member of the United Kingdom Homecare Association, Ceretas (formerly British Association of Domiciliary Care), The National Homecare Council and The Information Commissioners Office (Data Protection). It is also registered with the Care Social Services Inspectorate Wales.
Neil Griffiths, Regional Manager for Abacare’s Mid and North Wales offices, said: “We were extremely impressed with Alfred’s poem. It is especially impressive that he handwrote it himself and we’re proudly displaying it in our office.
“It is feedback like this from our service users that makes all the hard work and effort worthwhile and we’re super proud of all of our care staff as they really do go above and beyond every day.
Abacare’s core values, instilled into every staff member, include ‘make us proud’, ‘focus on our service users’ wellbeing’, ‘communicate, listen well and speak with respect’, ‘be passionate, honest, caring and considerate’, ‘recruit and develop the very best’ and ‘lead by example’.
It believes it offers inspiring work for inspirational people.
Abacare is looking for kind, honest, caring and reliable individuals who wish to have a stable and long-term career in care, and who would like to forge rewarding relationships with the service users they care for.
Neil added: “Being a carer is a highly skilled, professional vocational occupation that is essential to the fabric of our society and the beauty of a job for life means people can start at the very bottom and work their way up with training and qualifications.
“In today’s changing world of employment, we pride ourselves on being able to offer long-term job security and career prospects.
“No experience is necessary to become a carer as free, full training is offered, which includes a company induction, first aid, information on dementia, health and safety, food safety, infection control, handling medication and moving and handling service users, with the opportunity to achieve Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) after the initial six months probationary period.
“New recruits are given free uniforms, access to national staff discount scheme for all major brands as well as 28 days paid holiday, paid travel between calls and paid mileage.”
Abacare also offers FaceTime or Skype interviews to candidates in order to meet the demands of the modern jobseeker. Its view is that busy people wanting a career change can ‘meet’ the team via FaceTime or similar applications and find out about the roles it has to offer, as well as meet a couple of team members and, if they are about, also say ‘hello’ to a carer too.
For more information about Abacare, please call 01792 457766 or visit www.abacare.org.uk. Alternatively, please follow the company on Facebook at http://on.fb.me/Yn4zmS or on Twitter by visiting www.twitter.com/visitabacare.
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