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Carers praised for 10 years service
PENTLOW Community Care has presented its first awards for 10 years’ service to two key Home Carers. Julie McCormick and Vera Clifford have jointly assisted an enormous number of people in the Eastbourne area to remain independent in their own homes.
Community Care Manager Bob Mulvey said: “Julie and Vera are a perfect example in enabling people to achieve their aim; both have recently passed the milestone of working in Pentlow Community Care for 10 years, more importantly they are the first of our carers to achieve this.”
Julie and Vera are part of a team of 50 Pentlow Community Care Home Carers. Their duties include providing company, shopping, assistance with meals, personal care, general housework and cleaning, night care and escorting clients to appointments and other visits.
Bob said: “Care in the home is very important in assisting people to remain in their own homes, the support that our carers give can sometimes be the difference between being able to cope or going into residential care.”
Pentlow Community Care is part of Canford Healthcare, which includes Pentlow Nursing Home in Summerdown Road, Old Town, and Inglewood Nursing Home in Nevill Avenue, Hampden Park. Canford in Eastbourne includes a Meals Delivery Service and training division.