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Musician Nikolas dedicates song to Abacare carers

Musician Nikolas Metaxas has dedicated his latest song ‘Change the World’ to all our staff providing care to the elderly and vulnerable in their own homes. He has honoured carers with the song to thank them for supporting thousands of people with care in their own homes during the current COVID-19 outbreak. Thirty-two-year-old Nikolas said: […]

Ashlee treats caring hands with donation of hand creams

Ashlee Bevan from Forden near Welshpool is helping ensure the hands of our frontline care workers are kept well moisturised with donations of hand creams. The 32-year-old donated 15 Body Shop hand creams to carers at our Newtown branch. Ashlee said: “I am a Body Shop At Home consultant and wanted to do my bit […]

Tips for lone care workers

Working in domiciliary care or home care can often mean our staff members are out in the field alone. There are benefits to this as many of our carers have told us that working one-to-one with a service user is very rewarding. It also gives them a good opportunity to build and sustain relationships. It […]

We welcome news that young are keen on care

We are looking to attract more under 30s into the industry in Wales. A recent report revealed the young are most likely to consider a social care career (October, 2019). The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently surveyed 2,020 people in England and found half of people aged 18-24 (57%) and 25-34 (56%) […]

Julie and Niki chosen as Care Workers of the Month

Julie McKay and Niki Holbrook, who have both worked for us since 2013, were chosen as Care Workers of the Month  for September, 2019 at our Ebbw Vale office, for their hard work and dedication. Samantha Price, Branch Manager at our Ebbw Vale office, said: “We selected Julie and Niki as our Care Workers of […]