advertising feature ■
Care and company
at home by Roger Linn T
Sally Corbin and her team at Care & Company know that there are people whose happiness in life can be hugely improved by an act as simple as having a regular chat with a friend.
hey also know that sometimes the simplest care intervention coming at the right time can lead to such a successful outcome that it is beyond anyone’s expectations – even those of the care professionals who provided the assistance. With their headquarters in Burgess Hill, Sally’s company delivers the whole spectrum of community care services to clients across Mid Sussex. When I met her and Care Manager Ronnie Mamoany, we talked about the increasing numbers of people who, although getting on in life or dealing with physical or mental challenges, want to remain in their own home. Care & Company was set up by Sally to provide the help that allows clients to do just that.
Having gone through a personal family crisis herself when her husband was suddenly paralysed, Sally knows how important it is to receive appropriate and timely help. “He’s now our IT guru,” laughs Sally, “but the experience made me think about how I could contribute to the Care industry and that’s why I started the company 15 years ago.” She is obviously meeting a genuine need; currently the company is helping around a hundred people in our area and employs some 40 fully trained staff. Holding the Investors In People award and having been awarded Three Star Service of Excellence by the government’s Quality Care Commission, the company clearly sets very high standards for itself and the quality of support it provides. Care & Company’s full range of personal care services is too great for me to list here, but covers everything
from simple
companionship to respite care and from a sleep-in service that gives carers a break to shopping and help with personal hygiene. Sally’s experience is evident everywhere, but perhaps the most striking example I discovered – and it’s one of those occasions when a small detail tells you a lot about the big picture – were the ‘memory boxes’. Her carers can use them to stimulate
Above: Sally Corbin (left) and Ronnie Mamoany, Care Manager.
“Memory boxes – containing small everyday items from an earlier time – can be used to trigger happy memories and animated conversation.”
conversation with clients whose mental state means that they are more comfortable living in and talking about the past. Each box contains small everyday items from an earlier time, like a tea strainer, Pears soap, old money, a piece of chalk, a marble and so on. They trigger happy memories and animated conversation. I think it’s a wonderful idea. “We respect people’s independence,
privacy and dignity,” says Sally, “and I know that for every person we support, there are other people in the background – relatives, carers, children and grandchildren of our clients – who are themselves given some strength by what we’re able to do.” ■
Care & Company 1a The Martlets, Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9NN Tel. 01444 871345
www.careandcompany.co.uk
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