Issue 182 24.04.24
The weekly online newsletter for the care sector
Quick-thinking assistant comes to woman’s aid
The service had started by then THE quick-thinking actions of a homecare assistant meant a woman so Helen went out into the hallway and called the emergency services. who fell ill at a church service was The operator asked her various given swift medical attention. questions and Helen went back Helen Manning, a long-time carer inside to find out the lady’s name at Westmorland Homecare’s South and age from her companion and Lakeland branch, calmly assessed passed these on. the situation and called for an The lady started to regain ambulance, while at the same time consciousness and Helen went giving reassurance to the client she back to ask her client if she was was looking after and frightened alright on her own. She said she members of the congregation. A couple from High Wycombe have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at Royal Star was so Helen sat with the lady who The woman was subsequently & Garter. Margaret and Gordon Beaumont enjoyed a party and cake with family and other was ill until paramedics arrived and residents. Margaret is a resident at the Home, while Gordon, who is an Army veteran and lives taken to hospital and is now she was able to tell them everything nearby, visits his wife twice a day. Margaret was a third year Cambridge University student recovered. that had happened. “Helen reacted superbly in a studying maths when she met Gordon in 1949. He had recently completed his National Service Helen was also keen to difficult and evolving situation,” with the Royal Signals, and was commencing his course after deferring university entrance. reassure some members of the said Dr Chris Moss, a director with The couple tied the knot on April 10 ,1954 in Stockport, and lived in Coventry. Margaret taught congregation, who were frightened Westmorland Homecare. at a girls’ grammar school while Gordon worked as a research chemist for manufacturers by the incident. Courtaulds. Among the guests at the great grandparents’ platinum anniversary party at Royal “She was observant to spot that Star & Garter were their two daughters, sons-in-law and friends. They all enjoyed a special “Once you are a carer you are the woman had fallen ill, swiftly always a carer,” added Helen. “I did lunch and cake made by kitchen staff at the Home. called for an ambulance and was not want anyone going away feeling considerate of everyone around bad or sad because it looked like her.” everything was going to be alright. The incident happened at St “I then said to my client: ‘Let’s go Mary’s Church at Windermere, THE National Association of Care care homes represented by the NACC and get you a cup of coffee and a where Helen had taken one of her Catering is encouraging everyone to will have first-hand memories of this biscuit – it has been a big shock for clients. have a fish and chip lunch on June 6 to momentous occasion and we have a everyone.” “We were sitting waiting for the commemorate the 80th anniversary of fine reputation of inviting the local She added that being a carer for service to start and I noticed in the Normandy landings. community into our homes, including many years meant she had become front of me that a lady said to the The NACC has released a free young children, to share events like accustomed to noticing if anything lady beside her ‘Are you alright?’ resource pack for all in the sector to these, giving our residents the chance was ‘out of sync’ with another and there was no response,” said download to make the most of the day to pass on their treasured memories.” person. For example, a client might Helen. in their care homes, lunch clubs and National Fish and Chip Day, which is become a little confused due to “I thought ‘I’ll just monitor this’ Meals on Wheels provisions. now in its ninth year, has been moved being dehydrated in hot weather. and I asked my client if she minded The pack includes a fish and chips this year in order to honour the 80th “It is there all the time, it never if I went to help the lady. She said recipe from the NACC care chef of the anniversary of the D-Day landings – the leaves you and you are never off ‘no, go to her’ so I went to sit beside year, Brian Preston. largest naval, land and air operation in duty,” said Helen. her, took hold of her hand to feel NACC national chair Neel Radia history. She also praised the first aid the weight and she lost my grip and said: “This is an ideal celebration for For more information visit https:// training she and other Westmorland her hand fell to the side. At that everyone within the care sector. www.thenacc.co.uk/events/80thHomecare staff received regularly point I thought ‘I need to bounce “Many of16:08 today’s residents in the anniversary-of-d-day 00057 Carebeans CaringUK January 2024.qxp_Carebeans CaringUK Ad 23mmx80mm 15/12/2023 Page 1 from Dr Moss. into action here’.”
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