feed back On a journey together to provide the best of care Issue 87
September/October 2019
Alba Rose joins our care home family W
e are delighted to announce the addition of the Alba Rose care home to the Saint Cecilia’s family! The acquisition of the Pickering home brings us to three care homes, a nursing home and a day care centre. Managing Director Mike Padgham said: “We are delighted to welcome the Alba Rose and its excellent staff and lovely residents into the family. “The home has an enviable reputation based on excellent care delivered by the Wilson/Whincup family and their staff and we look forward to building on that in the future. It will be very much business as usual for all the staff and
residents.” The Alba Rose, at Keldhead Hall, in Middleton Road, Pickering, accommodates up to 22 residents. For the past 35 years it has been owned by the Whincup family. A spokesman said: “After owning the home for so long it is going to be sad to leave Alba Rose but we are happy to be leaving the home in the safe hands of a family-owned care company that shares our values. We wish them all future success with the home.” The Alba Rose shares a name connection to Saint Cecilia’s. The building used to house a community of nuns, one of whom, Sister Cecilia, taught music.
Alba Rose
The purchase of the Alba Rose is part of steady and planned growth for Saint Cecilia’s. Mr Padgham added: “To survive and prosper in the current economic climate, we believe that the business needs to be a certain size and the purchase of Alba Rose goes towards achieving that size. It helps us to grow and strengthen the company and also provides opportunities for progression across the group for all our staff.” The purchase of Alba Rose brings Saint Cecilia’s staff up to around 160 and the number of people it provides care for up to more than 125. More in the centre pages
Nominations - 2 Hat-trick of ‘goods’ - 3 Alba Rose - 4 & 5 Weird wardrobe - 6 Care home fair - 7 Nursing home fete - 8