Care franchise company Home Instead Senior Care has won the Dignity In Care Award at the North West regional final of the Health and Social Care Awards.
In winning the award the Home Instead team were told 'Home Instead has built a reputation for rapidly deploying bespoke, complex care packages. Feedback received from medical professionals, the service users and their families show that they make a tremendous difference to everyone concerned.'
This is the second major award that Home Instead has won this year. In April they were awarded the Best International Franchise Expansion Programme at the Franchise Marketing Awards in London.
Trevor Brocklebank, the UK Managing Director of Home Instead Senior Care said 'We are overwhelmed to win these awards; I became involved in the care sector after realising the huge need for a service such as ours whilst providing for care for my Grandfather. I am immensely proud of the difference we are already making to the lives of thousands of older people and their families across the UK.'
Founded 14 years ago, Home Instead now has more than 800 offices across 15 countries including the UK, Ireland, Portugal, Germany, New Zealand and Australia, the US and Canada. The company has been recognised as the world's leading provider of non-medical care for older people.
Home Instead Senior Care launched its UK operations in October 2005 and currently has since expanded to 27 offices across the region. They are currently providing in excess of 1,300 hours of care per day.
To ensure they provide the highest quality of care Home Instead CAREGivers have to provide six references, as well as get the all-clear from the Criminal Records Bureau. They also undergo an extensive training programme. The Home Instead team pride themselves on matching the requirements of the client to the experiences, interests and personality of the caregiver and providing the same caregivers. The service is available 24 hours, seven days a week.
Home Instead Senior Care gives free no-obligation consultations in the home. For further information please use our office locator to find the contact details of an office near you.
Notes
- One in six people in the UK are aged over 65
- Within 15 years one in four people in the UK will be aged over 65
- In England and Wales in 2001, 342,000 people aged 65 and over provided 50 hours or more of unpaid care per week
The above photograph shows Home Instead Senior Care franchise owners and Head Office team members receiving the award from Mike Farrar, Chief Executive of NHS NW.
