Eleanor wins Waterford CAREGiver of the Year title

Eleanor Fox was announced as the overall 

winner of Waterford’s Home Instead

Senior Care’s CAREGiver of the Year awards.  Eleanor will now go on to represent Waterford in the national CAREGiver of the Year awards which will take place later this year.

A Waterford native, Eleanor is Home Instead Senior Care’s longest serving CAREGiver, clocking up almost 6,000 hours of care for her 50 clients.  Eleanor was a popular choice amongst the adjudicating panel, which consisted of Barbara Murphy, Manager of Older People Services, Nick Donnelly, CEO of Waterford Chamber of Commerce, and Anne Corcoran Browne, daughter of popular and well-regarded Waterfordian, Denny Corcoran, who was formerly a client of Home Instead Senior Care.

According to Director of Care at Home Instead, Danette Connolly, Eleanor was a very worthy winner of the prestigious title. “To Eleanor each person she cares for is much more than just a client and indeed many of them and their families have come to regard Eleanor as a friend.  This is most likely because Eleanor treats each client as a friend and not a frail, sick or frightened senior.”

“Eleanor has truly embraced the philosophies of Home Instead Senior Care.  She is a superb example of a CAREGiver that lives Home Instead Senior Care by building trust, taking the lead and sharing her heart with her clients”, Danette added.

Now in its fourth year the awards recognise and reward the work of Waterford’s CAREGivers.  According to Nick Donnelly, Adjudicator, “It is refreshing to see a company such as Home Instead place so much emphasis on the role of their carers, by investing in them and ensuring that their clients reap the rewards of the best possible service.”

“The work of the CAREGiver is invaluable and often goes unrecognised.  The decision was a difficult one to make as there are so many dedicated and compassionate carers in the city and county.  Each and every one of them has brought something good to the lives of their clients.”

Other awards on the evening included the CAREGiver Award for the most promising new recruit, the longest service award, the CAREGiver Award for the CAREGiver who is currently a Student and Length of Service Pins were presented to 46 recipients.

To find out more about the Home Instead Senior Care CAREGiver awards or the work of Home Instead Senior Care call Home Instead Senior Care on 051 333966 or visit www.homeinstead.ie

Home Instead Senior Care searches for Waterford’s CAREGiver of the Year

Danette Connolly, Director of Care with Home Instead Waterford, is delighted to announce that the nominations are in for the Home Instead Senior Care CAREGiver of the Year and the winner will be announced on Thursday, September, 5^th.

The overall winner will go on to represent Waterford in the national awards final which takes place in Dublin on October 5th.

The premise of the local and subsequent national competition is to recognise and reward the work of CAREGivers in general.  Danette commented that the criteria for the awards includes showing evidence that caring is a passion and not just a job, that the carer is prepared to go above and beyond the call of duty, that the CAREGiver has helped the client to reach and maintain independence and that the CAREGiver has adhered to the stringent Home Instead Senior Care policies and procedures.

This year the panel of independent adjudicators includes The Mayor of Waterford, Cllr. John Cummins, Waterford Hospice Fundraising Chairperson, Marie Cummins and Hazel Daniels, Former Director of Nursing with Waterford Regional Hospital.

According to Ms. Connolly, the work of the CAREGiver is invaluable to those who need support in and around their homes.  “CAREGivers provide thousand of hours of care and support to people throughout Waterford.”

“The role is varied with many CAREGivers performing daily tasks such as shopping, laundry and providing lifts to family, friends, the library or even the G.P.  However, we see in more cases, families are spread throughout the country and further afield and many of our CAREGivers are there to just simply provide companionship.”

Marie Cummins of Waterford Hospice emphasised the importance of the work of carers. “So many carers are dedicated to providing the best service to their clients.  It might simply be that they are there to listen or to help with the day to day chores, however these services make a huge difference to those who avail of them.”

“We are delighted to be involved with these CAREGiver awards as they recognise the truly sterling work of Waterford Home Instead Senior Care CAREGivers.”

The Waterford final for the 3^rd Home Instead CAREGiver of the Year takes place at 7.30pm on Thursday, September 5^th at Dooley’s Hotel, The Quay, Waterford.

To find out more about the services provided by Home Instead Senior Care you can visit www.homeinstead.ie