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Grace Cares wins New Business Award at WAGS
Grace Cares has won the New Business Award at the Women Achieving Greatness (WAGS) Awards. The award celebrates dynamic women
who have launched businesses or services within the last three years that have made a significant impact on their sector. Grace Cares has become a pioneer in sustainable care, helping divert nearly 1,000 pieces of care equipment from landfill while supporting older people, their families, and care providers. The organisation’s MediCycle initiative, a partnership with Staffordshire County Council, has successfully redistributed vital care equipment across the community, while its Sustainability Guide for Care Managers offers actionable advice to care providers striving to adopt greener practices. The judges praised Grace Cares for its
transformative approach to the care sector, with a focus on Environmental, Social, and
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Governance (ESG) principles. Hannah Montgomery, co-founder of
Grace Cares, said: “Winning this award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the entire Grace Cares Tribe. Together, we’re proving that care can be both compassionate and sustainable.”
Double win for HC-One at the National Care Awards
HC-One is celebrating after winning two awards at the National Care Awards. The Sabrina Specialist Dementia Care Community (SDCC) Team at Meadow Bank Care Home in Preston, Lancashire, won the Care Team of the Year Award, and HC-One’s CEO James Tugendhat received the Care Personality of the Year Award. Meadow Bank Care Home’s SDCC pioneers an enhanced therapeutic service that focuses on the welfare and wellbeing of people who are emotionally distressed by their dementia and therefore require specialist care and support. Recent data has shown that this approach has resulted in a 90 per cent decrease in resident distress-related incidents. Furthermore, 60
per cent of residents showed improvement in ‘Primary Behaviours of Concern’, while 88 per cent improved their ‘Total Complexity of Need Profile’. Anne-Marie Potter, specialist dementia service lead at Meadow Bank’s Sabrina Community, said: “We aim to provide a ‘home from home’ for our residents and their families. The team is continually evolving its approach to ensure that we deliver promising results. We are delighted that our Sabrina SDCC therapeutic community is leading the way in specialist dementia care.” HC-One CEO James Tugendhat commented: “I am delighted that the Sabrina Community Team at Meadow Bank Care Home were recognised for the incredible work they do, which is making such a meaningful difference to the lives of residents. I’m very proud of the SDCC team for their pioneering approach to dementia care – it’s a privilege to work with such inspirational, caring and kind colleagues. “I was also very humbled to receive the Care Personality of the Year award. I’m very proud to be part of an incredible team at HC-One who support those in our care to lead their best life, and this award is really for them – they do so much to support our residents. I’m very much looking forward to seeing what we can achieve together in 2025!”
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The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust is adopting the Butterfly Approach to dementia care at its two care homes. Admiral Jellicoe House in Portsmouth and Pembroke House in Gillingham will be adopting the Butterfly Approach from care and culture consultancy Meaningful Care Matters. The model focuses on creating a culture where people are ‘free to be me’. It values emotional intelligence and the core belief that everyone has a unique story that has meaning and matters. It also encourages care providers to put the focus back on the people they care for and their emotions, by engaging in the reality of people’s lived experience in the ‘here and now’.
RNBT CEO Debbie Dollner said: “Adopting a person-centred care model like the Butterfly Approach will be transformational for both our homes. Having begun the process of rolling out the programme with Meaningful Care Matters, there is already a degree of excitement and enthusiasm from staff, residents and their families. Collectively, we know this will elevate our already established care offering even further.” Peter Bewert, managing director of Meaningful Care Matters, said: “We’re delighted to see both Admiral Jellicoe House and Pembroke House adopt our Butterfly Approach. It has been testing time for the social care sector, so we applaud their determination to offer an environment where veterans using their services can thrive and enjoy the highest quality of life possible. We look forward to assisting more care providers in facilitating the creation, reinvigoration and sustainable implementation of person-centred care cultures. It’s coming back to the art and heart of care, where people, and moments, matter.”
www.thecarehomeenvironment.com February 2025
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