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At Friends of the Elderly’s residential care home The Lawn in Alton Hampshire resident Colin Jones and his family made the big decision to make the care home his permanent residence following an enjoyable respite break – and he hasn t looked back since

Colin visited The Lawn for a three week respite break in October 2022 and was so impressed with the care team the care home its facilities and the level of care he received that he and his family thought it was the ideal place for him to live full-time

Colin was in hospital following a fall and his family thought it would be better for him to recuperate at The Lawn on a respite break as he could recover in a safe secure and caring environment

“I can say that The Lawn lived up to all our expectations,” continued Colin “The decision for me to spend time heal and get back to my normal self in a safe environment with staff who are so dedicated and hard working to achieve the care that is needed was a good judgement call The level of respite care I received was second to none ”

Following his respite break Colin and his family were so impressed with The Lawn and its care team that the decision to make the care home his permanent home, was an easy one “The care I receive is top notch, and the admission process was so quick and them to do so would be a better salary and benefits package (36%)

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Organisations need to clarify what underpins their values and culture and how to effectively deliver this, as these factors clearly influence whether candidates decide to apply for a role Promoting opportunities for career progression is another way to attract talent in the social care sector It s all about creating a positive narrative around why prospective employees would want to work for you

In order to compete for talent in today s candidate driven-market employers must be prepared to constantly review, assess and change what benefits they offer considering employee expectations are not fixed but always shifting ”

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easy ” added Colin “I have helpful care assistants to help me get washed and dressed before I have my breakfast in my room My days are jam packed there s always something to do ”

Normally I watch some TV or go to one of the morning activities exercise classes or one of the regular coffee morning I have a delicious lunch then join in the afternoon activities Weather permitting I try to go for a walk around the beautiful garden every day with another resident who I’ve became good friends with as well Colin continued

Born in Oxfordshire in 1940 Colin loved school especially biology and initially went on to medical school to study Colin’s love of the countryside stems from his childhood as does his love of traditional hearty food I do love my food Colin continued, “and at The Lawn I’ve not been disappointed The traditional English food - as well as the delicious European food on offer – is wonderful Fish and Chip Friday is one of my favourites ”

Alina Gutu the Registered Manager at The Lawn said: Colin is a lovely intelligent and interesting man and a much loved member of The Lawn family Since arriving with us Colin has embraced living at The Lawn and really adapted well to life here He loves watching sport and the daily news He told me that he thinks it’s very important to keep up-to-date with the news so we know what is going on in the world we live in ”