{"id":211,"date":"2016-10-22T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T14:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/?p=211"},"modified":"2016-12-15T15:15:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T15:15:40","slug":"care-home-lead-nurse-who-loves-to-work-with-older-people-honoured-in-major-national-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/care-home-lead-nurse-who-loves-to-work-with-older-people-honoured-in-major-national-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"(English) Care home lead nurse who loves to work with older people honoured in major national awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae'r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English<\/a>.<\/p>

A care home lead nurse who loves to work with elderly people because of the rich memories they can share has been honoured in major national awards.<\/p>\n

Sharon White, 53, who lives in Pwllgwaun, Pontypridd, is one of the longest serving staff members at The Hollies Care Home in Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff which is owned by the Welsh private care home group, SilverCrest.<\/p>\n

According to Silvercrest, Sharon is highly respected by residents and colleagues alike for her wealth of experience and strong leadership qualities.<\/p>\n

Over the past few years she has been working to ensure the success of special activities to help residents with dementia, including personalised information sheets for each bedroom door to enable them to more easily navigate their way through the home\u2019s corridors.<\/p>\n

It is this dedicated approach to her caring role that saw Sharon take bronze in the Outstanding Service category, sponsored by Hallmark Care Homes, in the 2016 Wales Care Awards at City Hall in Cardiff, known as the Oscars of social care.<\/p>\n

The awards, now in their 14th<\/sup> year, are in association with Care Forum Wales, a not-for-profit organisation set up to give independent care providers a single professional voice with which to speak on one of the most important issues of our time \u2013 how to provide better quality care for those who need it most.<\/p>\n

Opera singer Wynne Evans, famous as Gio Compario from the Go Compare TV adverts, was master of ceremonies at the glittering presentation evening.<\/p>\n

Sharon is originally from Cardiff and started a pre-nursing course at Rhymney College at the age of 17.<\/p>\n

She then completed two years\u2019 nurse training at the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff before starting work in the stroke unit of the city\u2019s St David\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n

Married to husband Jerry, 58, in 1985, the couple have two sons and a daughter aged from 25 to 30 along with a three-year-old granddaughter and a one-year-old grandson.<\/p>\n

Sharon said: \u201cWhen our first child came along in 1986 I took a few months off before starting work again, this time in elderly care, when I became a nurse at Glan Ely Hospital in Cardiff.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was while I was there that I realised I wanted to work with older people. I think that\u2019s mainly because they still have lots of living to do and want to be part of things. I help them to do that wherever I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a couple of years at Glan Ely, her husband\u2019s job in sales meant a move for the family to an area just outside Looe in Cornwall.<\/p>\n

During the 10 years they were there Sharon split her time between having her other two children and working as a nurse, mainly on night duty, at two local nursing homes.<\/p>\n

In 1997 the Whites moved back to South Wales where Sharon began at The Hollies soon after it opened.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cIt\u2019s a 41-bed home and a number of residents have dementia. As lead nurse I stay busy because there are other health problems such as Parkinson\u2019s Disease and diabetes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in charge of a team of six nurses but I\u2019m not an office person and like to be down on the nursing floor as much as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also enjoy being involved in staff training and development. We have quite a few of the carers who aim to become nurses and I\u2019m happy to say I\u2019ve helped a number of them achieve this ambition, some of who have come back here to work after qualifying.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also work with our lifestyles and administrative teams on special activities for the residents with dementia like the Butterfly project which encourages them to bring in familiar things from home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve also been creating personalised information sheets which are attached to the doors so that it\u2019s easier for people to find their bedrooms. One gentleman used to be a footballer so, along with his name, he has pictures of footballers on his door.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also organise special activities to make The Hollies feel more like a home from home, including baking and cookery days and trips out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost my own mum and dad some years ago so I think it\u2019s great to have people in their eighties and nineties living with us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you talk to them they have some great memories and stories to tell, and that\u2019s one of my favourite things about the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, I love everything about it \u2013 the team and the residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Bikam Choudhary, Chief Executive of the SilverCrest Group said \u201cWe are enormously proud of Sharon. We recognise her long service with us and she really is part of the SilverCrest family making a huge impact on the residents and her colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mario Kreft MBE, the Chair of Care Forum Wales, said the standard of entries was extremely high.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThere are only winners here tonight so it is only fitting that the finalists will receive a gold, silver or bronze Wales Care Award.<\/p>\n

\u201cI trust that they will continue to inspire those around them as role models and encourage others to aspire to even greater heights in the months and years to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis awards ceremony is our opportunity to pay tribute and to celebrate the talent and commitment that is improving the quality of life for thousands and thousands of people throughout Wales.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take our hats off to them.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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