What makes a place feel like home? Everyone has their own answer to this question. It could be a place where you feel safe and happy, where you feel supported, where you’re surrounded by your family, or your favourite possessions. It could be where you know you can get a good night’s sleep, as well as any of the above.
As Staff & Audit Co-ordinator, Laura Griffin, celebrates 20 years of working at Richardson Care, she gives us an insight into her role.
“Although no two days are the same at Richardson Care, they tend to start off the same way.
We’re very happy and relieved that Jean Woods, Laura’s Grandma is now able to move on to specialist elderly and dementia care. She is so much better than she was when she was admitted to The Richardson Mews at Christmas. We are hugely grateful to Registered Manager, Helen Petrie, and the whole team.
These are the reflections of Wendy Coleman, Registered Manager at 23 Duston Road, who retires in June after 10 years at Richardson Care. We’d like to thank her for the way that she has led her team and brought stability to the home.
Natalia Thumwood, known to everyone as Tally, has been promoted to Registered Homes Manager at 2 & 8 Kingsthorpe Grove – homes for adults with learning disabilities. She had big boots to fill as she took over from Jackie Mann, who first joined Richardson Care in 1990 and was very popular with service users and their families.
The importance of communication is the subject of the fourth blog post in our series about what we’ve learnt so far during the pandemic. It may sound obvious, but it’s easy to get it wrong. The situation was changing on a daily basis and the pressure and expectation on the management team was extraordinary.
As we’re always supporting our service users with acquired brain injury or learning disabilities to move forward, we rarely reflect on how far we’ve come. Our short series of blog posts looks at the views and experiences of our management team during the pandemic: what we’ve learnt so far about ourselves and how we manage our specialist residential care services.
<div class="bt_bb_wrapper"><p>Brian Richardson</p> <p>This month we pay tribute to my dad, Brian Richardson, who has died after a short illness: He was diagnosed with Lymphoma in his brain in April this year. Brian was the driving force behind The Richardson Partnership for Care, which he founded with my mum, Jackie, in 1989.</p></div>→ <a href="https://www.richardsoncares.co.uk/sad-news-tribute-brian-richardson/" class="read-more">Read the rest </a>
<div class="bt_bb_wrapper"><p>We’re very proud of the multi-disciplinary team that we have at The Richardson Partnership for Care. The Registered Managers in particular, are hugely instrumental in delivering an excellent quality of life and successful outcomes for our service users. They perform their roles with dedication and professionalism, frequently facing challenging situations.</p></div>→ <a href="https://www.richardsoncares.co.uk/registered-care-home-manager-jacky-johnson/" class="read-more">Read the rest </a>
<div class="bt_bb_wrapper"><p> <strong>Headway Approved Providers</strong><br /> Two of our residential care homes for adults with acquired brain injuries – The Mews and 144 Boughton Green Road – have been recently re-assessed by Headway, the brain injury charity. The assessment process requires the home to demonstrate the provision of appropriate specialist care for people with complex, physical and/or cognitive impairment due to acquired brain injury.</p></div>→ <a href="https://www.richardsoncares.co.uk/homes-gain-high-scores-independent-assessments/" class="read-more">Read the rest </a>
