A local care service is working to help people with Dementia, and other illnesses, to stay in their own homes for as long as possible.

Based in Rotherham, Home Instead advocates for an individualistic approach, ensuring that no care package is the same and putting the patients first.

Cathy Sommerville, 57, an administrator for the organisation, said: “They’re used to their own environment, they know where things are, they feel more comfortable and, by having that, it helps them to thrive.”

Field care supervisor, Debi Venables, 60, echoed this sentiment, describing their care packages as “tailor-made to that client.”

Ms Venables explained: “There’s no quick visits and clients see the same care professionals, so they get to build up that relationship.”

Today, they hosted a fundraiser in partnership with The Carer’s Choir, a member group of Lost Chord UK that works to support those with neurological diseases and their carers through music.

Sally Glennon, who both works at Lost Chord UK and sings with the choir, said: “The people who join the choirs, it’s woken up many things in them.

“We see miracles happen all the time.”

The choir sang Christmas hits in the Cherry Hill Garden Centre to raise funds and awareness for the ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ scheme.

Ms Sommerville said: “Some people are alone at Christmas and they don’t receive any gifts.

“When someone gives you a present it makes you smile and feel like people do care about you.”

Initiatives like these are essential to the care sector, going beyond basic medical assistance and going the extra mile to enrich people’s quality of life.

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