The Companion - April Edition

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Long service congratulations!

Big congratulations to the following CAREGivers who all completed long service with Home Instead York & Ryedale last month: • Eleanor – 2 Years • Deborah – 4 Years • Lisa – 1 Year • Maz – 1 Year • Debbie – 3 Years • Alison – 1 Year • Sara – 1 Year Thank you all for the fantastic hard work and dedication you show to our clients on a daily basis, we really are proud to have you as part of our ‘outstanding’ team of CAREGivers!

April 2019

Happy Easter

We hope you all have a great Easter, get to spend some quality time with family and friends, and of course, indulge in as many chocolate eggs as you possibly can!

Big thanks to all of you working over the Easter period, we really do appreciate all your hard work!

To all our smart phone users!

The NHS have a useful Safeguarding App which is free to download. It contains a range of useful information such as definitions of abuse, as well as contact numbers for local safeguarding teams which all CAREGivers should know.

The app can be accessed here: For Google accounts – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antbits.nhsSafeguardingGuide&hl=en_GB For Apple accounts search in app store, NHS Safeguarding guide

Start your journey to a Healthier You More than 200,000 people are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes every year - and that means the risk of serious health complications and early death.

Modern life can make it hard to be healthy but for many people Type 2 diabetes can be prevented by making small lifestyle changes.

Diabetes is a leading cause of vision loss and blindness in people of working age. It is also responsible for most cases of kidney failure and lower limb amputation (other than accidents), and people with diabetes are up to five times more likely to develop heart disease or have a stroke than those without diabetes.

However, Type 2 diabetes can be prevented by:

• managing your weight • eating healthily and being more active.

Making small changes to your lifestyle now can make a big impact on your future health - and having experts to help you make the right choices along the way can make it even easier.

The Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme is a free programme for those who are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

You can get help to make positive changes to your diet,

weight and physical activity to significantly reduce your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

You can find out if you are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by: • Answering a few simple questions on the ‘Know Your Risk’ tool at www.diabetes.org.uk/risk • Taking up the offer of a free NHS Health Check to assess your risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other conditions such as high blood pressure (available for those aged 40-74) • Asking your GP or Practice Nurse to check if you are at risk.

If you are at risk and would like to attend the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme please ask your GP or Practice Nurse to refer you.

Out and about with your clients We are absolutely loving all the images we have been sent in recently showing us what you have been up to with clients, it’s fantastic to see all the great places you are visiting and all the great ways you think of to encourage your clients to get out and about for a bit of fresh air.

This month we have seen lovely Elizabeth sitting out eating her dinner in the garden to make the most of the Spring sunshine, James’s trip to the Holgate Windmill, Catherine’s visit to Castle Howard Garden Centre, Helen and Maz’s Beetle Bank Farm feed and Patricia enjoying a chippy tea!

Please keep sending your images in, we know your clients love spotting themselves in our monthly client Newsletter, ‘The Elder’.

‘Wildlife sites around York’ – a new guide to York’s best wild places York residents are fortunate to have a wealth of publicly accessible wild spaces on their doorstep. Almost ten percent of the UK’s flower-rich flood meadows are found in York. Otters and Water Voles can be seen along the Rivers Ouse and Foss. York is also the site of the country’s most northerly example of extensive lowland heath at Strensall Common as well as hosting internationally important populations of wetland birds in the Lower Derwent Valley. Many of these places are easily accessible by bus, cycle route and footpath.

The City of York Council has produced a guide to a selection of wildlife sites to be found across the city area. The guide ‘Wildlife sites around York’ can be found on the iTravel York website at www.itravelyork.info/ walking/walking-for-leisure/wildlife-walks/ We hope you will enjoy seeing some of the amazing wildlife to be found in York. Please respect these precious places, follow ‘The Countryside Code’ and obey any local regulations.

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York franchise opens

New offices open in Clifton Moor

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HSBC BSA Franchise Finalist

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British Care Awards – Regional Finalist Winner  City & Guilds Dementia Training for CAREGivers & Local Community

Daphne Ellis Appointed General Manager  Fraud protection workshops launched 2015

Luke Norbury Director Managing Childs nt Officer Roisheen Developme Community

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York Press Small Business of the Year  Annette Dowson wins CAREGiver of the Year

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Minster FM Listener Award ‘The Elder’ Finalist and  ‘The Top Ten Companion’ Homecare are launched Award  winner Queens Award for Enterprise 2017

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Home Instead Senior Care 10 Clifton Moor Business Village • James Nicolson Link, Clifton Moor • York YO30 4XG Telephone: 01904 690884 Email: info@hiscyork.co.uk • Web: www.homeinstead.co.uk/york

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