The Elder - Winter Edition

Home Instead York newsletter

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Winter 2021

! s g n i t e e r G ’s Season Home Instead York would like to take this opportunity to wish all our clients and their loved ones a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We’d also like to say a big thank you for continuing to put your trust in us and the service we provided throughout 2021.

As our way of

spreading some festive cheer, this year, we will be gifting all our clients a tin of biscuits, which our CAREGivers will very kindly be helping to deliver over the course of the month. Along with the gift will be a Christmas card wonderfully designed by some of the Year 7 Students at Huntington School in York!

The Office Team, pictured in their finest festive knits

CAREGiver of the Year nominees for 2021!

Home Instead York are delighted to announce their nominees for CAREGiver of the Year for 2021!

During November, the team put together a list of five nominees using feedback gathered from clients and their family members, discussions amongst the office team and praise given from other CAREGivers for their colleagues, using our online praise platform, praiseworthy.

It was incredibly difficult to decide upon just five people who we wanted to put forward as our nominees for the title of ‘CAREGiver of The Year’, and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank our whole team for their incredible hard work over the course of the last 12 months.

Kristine Horrocks with Jack Fisher

After much discussion, the five nominees were: Jane Foleher, Kristine Horrocks, Julia Cox, Janet Wynn and Catherine Rawlinson. All five should be really proud of themselves, they all make huge difference to the lives of our clients on a daily basis.

All five nominees will be put forward for our CAREGiver of The Year award, which will be announced in the coming weeks.

Keep an eye out for this announcement in the next edition of The Elder!

Julia Cox

Janet Wynn (left) and Catherine Rawlins on with Luke Norbury

Jane Foleher

Nominate a neighbour This Christmas, we’re asking our team to nominate someone in the community who makes a real difference to the life of one of our clients.

The #NominateANeighbour campaign is all about recognising those people in the community who just make being kind and caring part of their daily routine. As a thank you to those people, we will be giving them a small gift, very kindly donated by Asda York.

Pictured is Asda York’s Community Champion Cydni and Managing Director of Home Instead York, Luke, who also picked up gifts for clients and CAREGivers which Cyndi very kindly helped source.

Here are some top tips to help you stay warm through the winter months Boiler check-up. This time of year is perfect for your annual boiler service to make sure it’s in tip top condition. The last thing you need in the middle of winter is a broken boiler, and a freezing cold house.

with their own foam cardigan (called lagging), which will reduce the heat lost and insulate the pipes to stop them from freezing.

Draught excluders. It is important to make sure all windows and doors are in good condition. If you have old, cracked or broken frames you may want to seal the gaps or use draught excluders to stop the cold weather from creeping in!

Several thin layers. Try wearing several thin layers of clothing, rather than one big jumper – the layers trap hot air keeping you warmer for longer. To keep heating bills down, consider wrapping up in a blanket or wearing more layers, rather than turning up the thermostat.

Keep your pipes warm. Burst pipes are common during winter due to rapid freezing and thawing which could cause significant damage.

The best way to prevent this from happening is to keep your pipes warm

Keep your feet warm. There’s nothing worse than cold feet! To keep yourself warm this winter, wear thermal or thick socks and sensible shoes if you’re venturing out. Wear boots with a thick lining and consider

buying specially designed shoes, in case the weather turns icey!

Hot water bottle.

Consider using a hot water bottle throughout the day if you’re at home and during the night in bed. They are relatively inexpensive and very useful, quickly heating up your bed without using electricity or fuel.

Bleed radiators. Trapped air in your radiators can prevent hot water from circulating effectively, which could be the reason your home isn’t as warm as it has been previously.

Bleeding your radiators releases the trapped air and allows your central heating to work once again, keeping you and your property warm.

Leaving a gift in your Will to a charity Why should I consider leaving a gift in my Will to a charity?

Many people at different times in their lives experience the remarkable work done by charities.

It may be working as a volunteer for a charity, raising money for a charitable cause or by making use of the services they offer when someone close suffers an illness.

Legacies are the foundation for many charities and are vital in making sure that all the good work they do can continue.

Leaving a donation in your Will is one of the more traditional ways you can give to a charity and for many charities is a very important form of receiving gifts. Without the gifts left in Wills by people like you, many charities wouldn’t even exist.

By putting your wishes in place at the time of making or updating your Will, you can make a planned gift to

a charity you care about whilst at the same time ensuring dependants, family and friends are provided for.

When you make your Will, you can either name an individual charity or leave an amount of money to the Executors. As part of the Will instructions, you state how and to whom the sum of money is to be distributed to the charity or charities of your choice.

Another key point to note is that charitable legacies are paid before tax is deducted, reducing the total amount of inheritance tax due from your estate.

Sharon Richardson is a Director and Head of the Private Client team of solicitors at Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. She is a Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) accredited member.

Her membership of SFE shows she has a wealth of experience within this key legal area as members are required to have spent a substantial amount of time working for elderly clients as well as support for the family and carers.

Sharon’s expert help and advice includes making or updating Wills, Living Wills,

Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection, Trusts, gifts, personal tax planning, estate planning, guidance on equity release schemes or selling your home, immediate care insurance plans, funding long term care as well as contracts for care homes.

You can contact Sharon at the York office on Clifford Street on 01904 624185 or for more information, please visit: https:// www.crombiewilkinson.co.uk

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