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When we are out and about visiting your homes we hear and see lots of great ideas and in particular see some of the most caring and innovative solutions for those suffering with dementia.

On a recent visit a member of the Andway team was chatting with a care home manager who was waxing lyrical about a facility called House of Memories www.houseofmemories.co.uk/ based in Liverpool.

Just a quick look at the courses they have on offer on all aspects of understanding dementia and how this can only improve care make it their site a must visit

This prompted us to actively ask other care homes for courses they had found truly helpful and inspirational and we thought it would be a great idea to list these too.

https://www.healthandsafetygroup.com/p/dementia-awareness

https://dementiatrainingcentre.co.uk/

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/dementia-professionals/training-consultancy

 https://www.bradford.ac.uk/health/dementia/dementia-care-mapping/

http://dementia.stir.ac.uk/

Andway are delighted to support a 60-bed care home with a trial of Single Handed Care following positive feedback from the care group head office.

The trial includes the TA180 Transfer Support Aid which will support residents to stand unassisted in a variety of transfer positions.

The benefits of single handed care include a greater level of resident dignity and independence while reducing staffing costs, enabling a single carer to maintain the same care levels that previously required two carers.

Discover our innovative range of Single Handed Equipment Here. Single Handed Care Leaflet

Other products include the Freeway Raiser, Freeway Ladder Strap and Safety Belt, Freeway Recovery Sling and SA160C Compact Stand Aid.

Care home benefitted from a thorough training session from Andway staff who demonstrated the advantages of single handed care for the staff and residents.

Did you know around 40% of residents receiving care from two or more carers could be suitable for single handed care practices?

Andway Account Manager – Rob Withers said: “We are delighted to support the care home in trialing new equipment which brings many advantages for the carers and residents.

Andway Healthcare staff rallied round to donate medical equipment and supplies to local hospice Saint Michael's Hospice recently.

The donation included a wheelchair, commode, adult incontinence products and dry wipes to support the hospices amazing work.

Andway Healthcare provide specialist equipment including low profile beds, air flow mattresses, everyday care consumables and furniture for the care and nursing home sector.

The firm support several charity events including Rapid Relief Teams and the Memory Walk fundraiser for Alzheimer’s UK.

Andway Healthcare - Managing Director, Jayne Graves said: Our business is care and we felt passionately that we must do something to support the great work of Saint Michael’s Hospice. We work with care providers every day and see the big difference little things can make to resident comfort, care and dignity so this is the least we can do.”

Jay and Rob are at the Care England Forum 2018 on Monday 23rd - Tuesday 24th July at Forest of Arden, a Marriott Hotel and Country Club, meeting care home professionals from across the UK. Pop over and see us at the event. https://bit.ly/2IOKjX2 #Networking #Care #Solutions #nursinghomes

The Andway staff love getting out to see our customers, and it's all part of the Andway service. Sales Manager Jay Ledgeway visited Keelie, Marie and Alex at a Liverpool nursing home for a cup of tea and chat.

Despite dreadful traffic on the way over to Liverpool, Jay managed to get over eventually, sadly, he didn't have time to join them for their 4th July residents garden party. 

Representatives from Andway Healthcare Ltd are attending the Care England Forum 18 on 23/24 July, will you be there?

We have free slots so if you want to meet and find out what we can do for your company do give us a call on 01423 331000..

We are delighted to announce Rob Withers has joined the rapidly expanding sales team at Andway Healthcare.

Rob joins us in Field Sales and is already busy out and about meeting clients old and new. Rob is managing a portfolio of existing care homes and care home groups, ensuring they are have all the products, service and support they need and will be introducing Andway’s world class products and service delivery to new care homes throughout the UK.

As a keep-fit fanatic Rob will using all his energy and enthusiasm to spread the Andway mantra!

This is Rob, if you see him out and about don't forget to say hi...  You can connect with him on LinkedIn by clicking here https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-withers-0a8039a2/ 

This week sees our account manager Joel Ellis leave Andway, moving onto a whole new industry and a whole new challenge.  

Joel has been with us 5 years and many of you will have thoroughly enjoyed being looked after by Joel both face to face and on the telephone and he will be missed.

Over the last month Joel has been on tour with our Sales Manager Jay by way of ‘handover’ and I know many of you have already wished him a fond farewell.

We would like to take this opportunity to extend a massive thanks to our departing Client Account Manager Joel Ellis and our best wishes for the future.

If you have previously been looked after by Joel Ellis your new Account Manager will be Jay Ledgeway and your internal contact will be Lydia McEwen.  You may also hear from our new team member Holly Deane who is on hand to help with new enquiries.

You can meet our team by clicking here www.andwayhealthcare.com/meettheteam or call 01423 331000 to book a meeting with you representative.

If you would like to wish Joel all the best here a link to his LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellisjoel/ 

Happy New Year from Andway …and introducing our new MD

Unlike many industries, you may not be just returning to work after a nice festive break as the care industry never rests but we would like to sincerely wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2018.

One of our team in particular has been very busy in the run up to Christmas and we are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Managing Director Jayne Reid:

“Some of you may have already met me as I have been working in the field meeting our clients, visiting your homes and I attended the Care Forum in December with our Sales Manager Jay Ledgeway. This ‘undercover’ work has been an invaluable part of my planning and to give me a great insight into your challenges and what you need from Andway”.

Our mission in 2018 is to ‘Provide world class, effective and cost efficient solutions to the care home industry to help you improve care standards and profitability’.

Having worked in the field for the last 2 months I now know, first hand, how to bring this statement to life: I can see what an amazing job you are already doing and how we can play a truly vital part in making your daily lives hassle free – saving you time and money by being your trusted partner and simply doing what we say we will do.

So here’s what some of you told me you need:

•          On-time delivery
•          Quality but competitive products 
•          2-way communication
•          You are open to new ideas and products
•          Reliability
•          Friendliness

You scored us really highly in most of these areas, but I can now see where we need to work even harder and over the coming months the Andway team will be working to keep you in the loop on all our service and product improvements. However, in the meantime I would love to hear from you about how Andway can improve our service to you right here and now!

I have a brilliant team and I will be introducing them all to you throughout 2018.

I look forward to working together…

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