‘You have to be able to care for yourself as well as your residents’
05 February, 2021
Adefolake Olatunde from Sanctuary Care, who won Overseas Nurse of the Year at the Nursing Times Workforce Awards 2020, describes her role in caring for older adults
How would you describe your role to someone you’ve just met?
“I’m a registered general nurse in Sanctuary Care’s Riverlee Residential and Nursing Home; a care home for 75 residents. My role in the nursing-dementia suite involves providing person-centred care to residents, including those requiring end-of-life care.”
What made you want to become a nurse?
“I was about six when I observed my mother wearing her white uniform, black belt and her nurse’s cap one afternoon on her way to work. In my little mind, I saw her transform into an angel. This started my interest in the profession and I made up my mind there and then, I wanted to become a nurse.”
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Cllr Zukowskji added that he knows of Welwyn Hatfield residents in care homes who have received letters telling them to drive to North London , which he views as not helpful. I don t really feel its happening at the speed it needs to in care homes, he said. But I m sure they are doing their very best to get it out. They are working constantly on this.
Anson Court since vaccinated residents on January 16, according to a carer at the home.
The delay was explained by East and North Herts Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which manages NHS services, who pointed out how difficult this has been.
Abercorn Care Home in Hamilton began vaccinating residents on December 14. The care home providers Sanctuary Care and NHS Lanarkshire are working together to manage the outbreak, the Sunday Mail reports. Annie Innes, 90, was the first to receive the vaccine but she is not among the new cases. A total of 51 residents were vaccinated at the home. Experts believe the outbreak demonstrates the vaccine may not be enough to end the pandemic. Ashley Goodfellow, NHS Lanarkshire consultant in public health, said: “NHS Lanarkshire’s Health Protection Team is currently managing an outbreak in Abercorn care home in Hamilton. “We are working closely with the care home manager and have provided outbreak management and infection prevention and control advice and support to the home.
Covid outbreak at first care home to receive vaccine
Residents and staff are among those who tested positive for the virus at Abercorn Care Home in Hamilton.
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Residents at the home were the first in Scotland to get the jab (Image: Hamilton Advertiser)
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