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Press Release: January 2010

LIVE-IN CARE AGENCY FLOURISHES TO TOP YEAR

Live-in care agency Corinium Care, based in Nailsworth, has enjoyed its best year ever. Turnover increased 20 percent in 2008/09 to £598,000, and is at its highest since the company was launched in 1995.

The number of clients has grown by 30 percent in the last year. And the number of carers has increased from 700 to 750. The company, led by founder and managing director Camilla Miles, provides live-in care for the elderly, infirm and young adults with physical disabilities. It has 12 staff at its offices in George Street, Nailsworth, and clients all over the UK.

Corinium Care's business has quadrupled in five years. Camilla says the growth rate is due to the company's attention to detail and high standards. It is also linked to the increase in the elderly population, and the search for alternatives to a nursing home. "There's a growing awareness that live-in care is a real option when elderly relatives can no longer manage alone," she said. "Many families prefer to have a carer than to put their parents in a nursing home. It's what most of the elderly want - to be allowed to stay in their own home with the dog, the furniture they know and love, the garden and their memories. And someone to care for them. It also means couples don't have to separate in their final years together."

The company won a regional trophy in the National Training Awards this year for the training it provides for its carers. It also launched a series of training days this year to help people with frail and vulnerable parents. Another major achievement in 2009 was the opening of a Corinium Care recruitment office in New Zealand, to add to its offices in South Africa and Zimbabwe. "With three offices overseas and a wider choice of carers, we're able to be selective," said Camilla.

Press Release: January 2010

ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE

Camilla Miles and her award-winning team at Corinium Care in Nailsworth are running day-courses to help people care for relatives with dementia. Katie Jarvis from Cotswold Life, went along to learn more:

The communication exercise Camilla Miles has given us to do sounds simple enough. We're each handed a sheet of paper with a series of negative statements that we might well say to someone with dementia. Instead, we're asked to restate them in positive terms. The first is, "Don't put the ice cream in the oven." I'm a writer. This should be easy. After a bit of pencil chewing, I settle on, "Let's put the ice cream in the freezer because it needs the cold to stay delicious." As I read it out, I can hear how patronising that sounds. But Camilla has an even better point - one that floors us all. "Does it really matter if the ice cream ends up in the wrong place?" she asks. "By saying 'Let's put the ice cream in the freezer,' you're really saying 'You've done it wrong'. Yet here is someone who's trying so hard. Why not simply say, 'Thank you so much for helping'."

I'm on a Relatives' Training Day, run by Corinium Care, a specialist care provider based in Nailsworth. This course isn't simply about how to cope with a relative with dementia; no - it's far more than that. For at its most profound level, it offers us a chance to glimpse a different world. A stormy upside-down world where logic and reason are obscured by low cloud; where a premature dusk has blanked out familiar faces. I've come along out of interest: but for others in this small, intimate group, Alzheimer's or similar conditions are a bleak reality they're having to cope with right now...their mothers, fathers, even - in one case - a spouse are sufferers of this thieving, cruel disease.

Camilla, managing director of Corinium Care, has witnessed at first hand the devastation mental degeneration can wreak on whole families. Her award-winning company excels in providing care to all kinds of people who want to stay in their own homes - the elderly and infirm; young adults with physical or learning disabilities. And among them are many with dementia.

"When someone is suffering from a condition such as this, you'll find that nouns are the first things to go - they lose the names of objects," Camilla says. "But emotions remain. And that is why it's vital to remember that - just like any human being - they still need praise. We all need to be told we've done well."

"We have a client who puts the washing out every time it rains. When she goes to bed, the carers quietly take it in. The result is that she feels she has achieved something." This one-day course is nothing if not practical. Camilla and her team of specialists spend time with us covering wide-ranging aspects: where to get help, how to assess the quality of carers that might be needed and how to manage discharges from hospital. We're introduced to specialist equipment, given advice on safely getting an elderly person up from a chair or into a car; taken through infection control, and basic first aid. We even get a chance to practise frist aid on llife-like dummies. But helpful as this all is, the greatest revelation comes during those moments when we're invited to explore how it might feel to lose the capacity to think.

For Camilla, a pivotal moment in understanding arrived during the course she herself once attended, where participants were divided into two groups before being paired up. "Everyone in my group was asked to tell their partner sometime private and secret about themselves. What we didn't know was that our partners had been told they could only respond with the words, 'There, there', 'Never mind' or 'Have a cup of tea'. It felt awful," she recalls. Instead, we're shown how to look beyond incongruous statements and 'meaningless' repetitions to see the need behind the words. "My mum will be coming soon for me, won't she?" might seem an odd question from an 85-year-old; but, we are told, the key is not to respond to what she is saying but to how she is feeling. Is she in need of reassurance, perhaps? "Maybe a good response would be, 'Tell me about your mother'," suggests one of the course participants, who has had to help one of her own parents through a decline.

Things that appear strange are explained to us. Just because a relative doesn't eat, it doesn't mean they're not hungry. When logic goes, they lose the connection between eating and satisfying hunger. "Life is very hard without reason. If, for example, you try to undress someone for a bath without explaining what you are doing, all they would see is a stranger coming to take their tights and boots off. They're bound to struggle, yet the response from the carer could well be, 'She's becoming so much worse; she's unmanageable!' All it might have taken was a running commentary to explain what was going on."

There are other simple tips, too: label photographs of family and friends. Avoid asking too many questions such as 'Do you take sugar?'; although they're polite in normal circumstances, they can panic sufferers who don't know the answer.

It might seem a depressing, albeit vital subject for a day's course; in fact, it's so well done that we all get a huge amount out of it. Each of the sessions differs in its approach: some involve quiet listening, and some call for gentle 'audience participation'; we're free to chip in with questions and observations at every stage.

Over a tasty cooked lunch, intimacies are born: there's clearly bonding going on as participants share with one another experiences and difficulties they've had to cope with. And there are poignant moments, too. One of the most moving comes during a film we are shown in which an attractive young womann is pursued by a frightening elderly stranger - a stranger who seems to know a suspicious amount about her. During a series of increasingly-desperate attempts to escape, she finally ends up in front of a mirror. To her - and our - uncomprehending horror, an old woman stares back at her. It suddenly dawns that, throughout this film, we've been offered not reality, but this woman's own mistaken perception of herself. Diseases such as Alzheimer's turn spouses into strangers; moreover, they rob you of your own sense of age and identity, too.

What we all take away is a realisation that we need to adapt our own behaviour towards anyone with this devastating condition. It won't always be easy; life will be frustrating almost beyond endurance at times. But this is a course that gives practical, sensible and achievable advice. Dementia is a disease that's been termed the long goodbye - and that's never going to be easy. But a farewell unclouded by misunderstanding can ease partings, just a little.

Press Release: November 2009

CARER PAULINE GOES TREKKING FOR CHARITY

CORINIUM CARE live-in carer Pauline Mitchell is all set to swap life in Bath for the Sinai desert.

She’ll have a dual goal when she and her rucksack head for Egypt: finding adventure and raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society.

“I saw the trip advertised in a slimming magazine,” said Pauline, 62, who works in Bath city centre as a carer for Corinium Care.

“I’m a widow with no ties. I wanted a bit of adventure. And I’ve come across Alzheimer’s quite a bit in my life. So I signed up.”

Pauline’s mother and aunt both suffered from Alzheimer’s. She also deals with the disease in her job as a carer for Corinium Care, based in Gloucestershire.

“It’s a frightening disease which no one really understands,” she said. “Watching my dear mother and aunt trying to cope with it, as well as the elderly lady I have been looking after these past two years, has spurred me on to extend myself in the hope that I may make a difference.”

Her trip begins on November 21, and takes her through the desert with 45 other fundraisers to the Red Sea. They’ll walk 70km in five days and sleep in Bedouin tents.

The Managing Director of Corinium Care, Camilla Miles, is sponsoring Pauline. “She’s got an arduous challenge ahead and we’re very pleased to be supporting her. Anything that helps with the incredibly important work that the Alzheimer’s Society does is always to be encouraged,” she said.

Anyone who wants to add to Pauline’s fundraising total can do so via her website www.justgiving.com/paulinemitchell1/

Pauline originally comes from Zimbabwe. She has two children in Australia and one in South Africa. “They’re very excited, and they’ve all helped me to reach my fundraising target of £1,220,” she said.

Press Release: October 2009

CARE STAFF CLAIM REGIONAL AWARD

Staff at Corinium Care in Nailsworth have been celebrating after winning a regional trophy in the National Training Awards. The judges praised the live-in care agency's entry as "outstanding" and "a model of good practice".

Corinium Care managing director Camilla Miles was delighted to receive the South West regional trophy for Providing Education and Training in a category open to all sectors of industry. "Training is a fundamental part of our culture at Corinium Care. A high percentage of care agencies don't offer training. But we consider it vital. It's fantastic to have that striving for excellence recognised," she said.

The awards ceremony for the South West was held in Bristol. ITV presenter Steve Scott presented the trophies. Organised on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills by UK Skills, the National Training Awards honour those who have made an outstanding contribution and commitment to training in the workplace.

The judges found that Corinium Care's approach was thorough and caring. They said: "With no obligation to run this kind of training, it's commitment to getting things right was second to none. The training was a model of good practice and could be adopted very readily elsewhere. The external evaluation of the processes Corinium Care uses was all very positive and clearly exceeds most of the standards set by the industry bodies. the company should be proud of its achievements."

Corinium Care, established in 1995, has 11 staff at its offices in George Street, Nailsworth, and more than 750 registered carers. It specialises in the provision of 24-hour live-in care for the elderly and infirm, those with dementia and young adults with physical and learning difficulties. The company takes on 16 new carers every month, all of who undergo a five-day training programme before being placed with a client.

Training includes everything from first aid to a session on dementia. Camilla added: "We take carers on because they have the right personality and life skills. We then do our utmost to furnish them with the knowledge and skills they need before they're placed with a client. The personal touch is everything."

Press Release: September 2009

CORINIUM CARE TO OFFER TRAINING FOR FAMILIES LOOKING AFTER ELDERLY RELATIVES

Live-in Nailsworth-based care agency Corinium Care has launched a new training programme for people with elderly relatives.

The aim is to give the confidence to deal with ageing parents who succumb to physical frailty, forgetfulness and the early signs of dementia. The initiative comes in response to the rapid rise in the elderly population and the growth of dementia, and the demand from Corinium Care’s clients and their relatives.

Camilla Miles, managing director of Corinium Care, said: “Our client surveys indicate loud and clear that there is a huge need from people who do not know what to do when their elderly relatives become frail and vulnerable and start to suffer from dementia.

“They find it difficult to spend time with their parents because they are uncertain what to do for the best. They are not carers but have reached a stage in the life when their parents are increasingly reliant on them for emotional and practical support.”

The first one-day course takes place on Thursday, October 8th at Corinium Care’s office in George Street, Nailsworth. It includes a two-hour session on dementia, guidance on how to communicate with someone with dementia, and training in first aid and moving and handling. Ms Miles decided to launch the training session after repeated requests from families who approach Corinium Care for 24-hour live-in care foe their relatives but still want to provide some care themselves.

Government statistics say the number of people with dementia in the UK will increase by 38 per cent in the next 15 years. The number of people over 60 affected could rise by 40 per cent in the next 30 years.

Press Release: September 2009

HOSPICE GIVEN FUNDING BOOST FROM AGENCY STAFF

There were smiles all around when staff from live-in care agency Corinium Care paid a visit to the Cotswold Care Hospice to hand over a cheque. The six, led by managing director Camilla Miles, raised more than £500 at the charity's Midnight Walk in June. The others were Fiona Bird, Clare Armstrong, Sue Powell, Rachel Dedman, and Natasha Skowron.

Camilla said: "The walk was a challenge. Ten miles doesn't sound a long way but it was exhausting, partly because it was pavements all the way, and none of us had done any training. But the hospice is a very good cause and there was a great atmosphere, so there was no way we weren't going to finish. We were just a bit stiff the next day."

More than 1800 women took part in the Midnight Walk on June 26 and raised more than £150,000 for the hospice, which provides palliative care for people with life-limiting illnesses. All of the other hospice's care is provided free of charge. It costs £1.8 million a year to run the charity.

Corinium Care, based in George Street, Nailsworth, was set up in 1995 and provides 24-hour live-in care for the frail and elderly, and for young adults who are severely disabled, in their own homes.

Press Release: August 2009

FROM ZIM TO ZIMMERS

When her daughter decided to get married and her teenage son wanted to go to university, Liz Roberts sat down with her husband for a heart to heart. To provide the best for their children they had to find a way of paying for it. And that wasn't possible in Zimbabwe. Her husband owned a successful business, but as the political situation declined, so did investors. Liz's salary as a PA, paid in Zimbabwe dollars was worthless. So at the age of 46, she packed her bags and headed for the UK to become a live-in carer in Lymington.

"The children were concerned about me and their dad when I first left home. But we'd been together for 23 years and we knew that my going away would benefit all of us, and sacrifices had to be made," she said. Six years later, her daughter and son-in-law are running a hotel in Mozambique, her son, now 24, is about to graduate in Australia, and Liz is working as a live-in carer in Hampshire for Corinium Care for another six-month stint. "This is the last push," she said. "Then I'll go back to Zimbabwe and hope things get better - fingers crossed".

Her reflections on daily life in Britain, and the contrast with the situation back home, put our perceived problems in sharp perspective. "I never take it for granted that when I turn on the tap, there'll be water," she said. "We haven't had running water in Zimbabwe for nearly a year. When my daughter got married, we scrubbed up in a bucket. Our spa bath is no longer used for lesiure and pleasure: it's become a spare water tank. We ferry buckets of water from it to fill the cisterns in the loo and we do our laundry and dishes in a bowl on the lawn. Last time I was home we bought a generator so we'd have guaranteed electricity and could pump our water from a bore hole. I was so excited I nearly slept with it on the first night in case it got stolen. We have to be careful - you can guarantee you're closely watched."

Shopping in Lymington is a novelty. Her biggest treat - a tub of Nivea face cream. "I have to stop myself buying four of everything - we're so used to panic buying when there's more than one of anything on the shelves. British shoppers check the labels on the fruit and veg and worry about the place of origin. The choice of potatoes is mind-boggling. In Zimbabwe we have just one type. I'm still in total awe at the yoghurts and cheese. I don't know what to touch or sniff first. The best thing in the world is to pick up a tomato and have that smell on your fingers. It's a relief not be walking about with a carrier-bag full of currency."

"When inflation was running at ridiculous levels, the queues at the shops were endless because it took so long to count the notes. Zimbabwe must be the only country in the world where the money's kept on the counter because it's too bulky to fit inside the till." Concern about crime is another eye-opener. "I can throw my bag on the car seat and I don't get robbed at traffic lights. It never ceases to amaze me that people can leave their wellies in the porch, their bicycle on the driveway, their lawn-mower in the shed, and they're still there the next day."

There are no road blocks either when she drives on her errands through the New Forest. "When I travel to see my daughter in Mozambique, there are at least nine road-blocks on the way." She's in no doubt that the British should stop whingeing and start counting their blessings. "In the Post Office, everyone complains if they've been queueing for more than five minutes to buy a stamp. We don't even have a mail service. Last year I posted my Christmas cards from the UK in November and they arrived in Zimbabwe in March. Why? Because the Post Office had no petrol for the delivery vans and the postman's bicycle had a puncture. Everyone here grumbles when milk goes up 2p. Ours was tripling in price by the hour - now that's a crisis!"

Becoming a live-in carer in the UK has called for a major adjustment that goes beyond the physical separation from her family. "If nothing else, this job has taught me patience," she said. "It's about getting the right mindset." Her current client is a 94-year-old widow who cannot cope alone. Liz does everything for her, from cooking and cleaning to providing personal care. She has spent a lot of time knitting and crocheting 200 blankets for charity. She keeps in touch with her family by email and hopes that when she returns to Zimbabwe in November, life will be easier. "I shall go back with an open mind. It's a big boost that the Zimbabwean economy now runs on foreign currency and there are things in the shops again. Everyone gets very excited when something like loo rolls turn up. It'a a start."

Press Release: August 2009

CARE AGENCY VIES FOR TOP ACCOLADE

Live-in care agency Corinium Care, based in Nailsworth, has been shortlisted for the prestigious National Training Awards.

The awards cover all industries in the UK with the aim to find forward thinking organisations that achieve outstanding success by investing in staff training.

Camilla Miles, managing director of Corinium Care, is delighted to be a finalist in the category for training providers in the South West regional heats. “We’re proud of our track record on training, so it’s fantastic to have that recognised by such a prestigious government scheme,” said Ms Miles.

NTA judges visited Corinium Care’s office in George Street to examine training plans and evaluation reports, and speak to staff. The winner will be announced at an awards dinner in Bristol on October 15th.

Corinium Care provides live-in care for the elderly and infirm, and young adults with physical disabilities. Set up in 1995, it has 12 staff in Nailsworth, 700 registered carers on its books, and offices in Zimbabwe, South Africa and New Zealand.

“A high percentage of care agencies don’t offer training, But we consider it vital,” said Ms Miles. “We take carers on because they have the right personality and life skills. We then do our utmost to furnish them with the knowledge and skills they need before they’re placed with a client. The personal touch is everything at Corinium Care. If our carers are well equipped, both mentally and physically, that can only be better for our clients.”

The company recruits up to 16 news carers each month who attend a five-day training course before being placed with clients, to look after them in their own home. Training includes everything from first aid and personal care to a session on dementia.

Press Release: July 2009

CORINIUM CARE CELEBRATES THREE YEARS IN NAILSWORTH

CORINIUM Care live-in care agency celebrates three years in Nailsworth on July 10 with a lunch party for staff.

The company, one of the biggest live-in care agencies in the UK, was set up in 1995 by Managing Director Camilla Miles from her kitchen in Bisley.

Corinium Care now has 12 staff at its head office in Nailsworth, more than 700 registered carers, and offices in Zimbabwe, South Africa and New Zealand. Its carers look after frail and elderly people in their own homes all over the South West, as well as severely disabled young adults.

The company was formed after Camilla moved from Wales to Gloucestershire and started running a nanny agency when her two children were small.

“Clients started to ask whether we could care for their ageing parents, as well as for their children. It was clear that live-in care would quickly become the better business proposition, so I sold the nanny business,” said Camilla.

Corinium Care moved to premises in Minchinhampton in 2003, and quickly outgrew them. Taking on the offices in George Street, Nailsworth in 2006 was a major step forward.

“The business went from strength to strength and we had to expand. It was definitely the right decision. Our client base has quadrupled in the last five years and shows no signs of slowing,” said Camilla.

The office, formerly an antiques shop, was refurbished for Corinium Care’s use.

Camilla puts the company’s success down to three main factors: “Our staff, our high standards, and the fact that the personal touch is at the core of everything we do. We’re in a very competitive market, and we have to be the best if we want to remain a leader in the field of care,” she said.

The most important change in the last three years, she added, is the growing awareness of live-in care as an alternative to nursing homes.

“Going into a nursing home is a very difficult decision for both the person concerned and their family. Live-in care allows them to stay in their own home for as long as possible and makes a huge difference to their quality of life and state of mind,” said Camilla.

Press Release: June 2009

CORINIUM CARE SPREADS ITS WINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA

LIVE-IN care agency Corinium Care has sent a senior manager from Gloucestershire to South Africa, as it spreads its recruitment net worldwide.

Director of Operations Amanda Butler will run seminars for ten days in Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London and Capetown.

The aim is to promote live-in care as a career, and to find potential recruits who wish to work in the UK for several months at a time.

The agency, based in George St, Nailsworth, is one of the leading live-in care companies in the UK with 12 staff and more than 700 registered carers on its books. Set up by Managing Director Camilla Miles in 1995, it provides 24-hour live-in care for frail and elderly people in their own home.

The company began to expand abroad in 2005. It now has offices in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Earlier this year it opened a new operation in New Zealand.

“Business has quadrupled in the last five years, and our operations in South Africa, Zimbabwe and New Zealand are vitally important to us,” said Camilla.

“We recruit a lot of staff from the UK, but we still need to look further afield. The nature of the work suits many women who come from a caring background, and want a concentrated period of employment in Europe.

“For some people from South Africa and Zimbabwe we provide a safe haven from political upheaval and a source of foreign currency which gives them a degree of security when they go back home.”

Amanda Butler joined Corinium in 2000, after 10 years in the newspaper business. She met Camilla when they were neighbours in Bisley and started walking their dogs together.

“If Camilla had told me when she took me on that I’d be running seminars in South Africa, I wouldn’t have believed it. But the company has really taken off,” said Amanda.

This is her third trip to South Africa. “We’re always very well received. We advertise our seminars in advance, tell our audience what being a live-in carer is all about, and promote the benefits of Corinium Care,” she said.

“Those who apply to join us go through a rigorous interview procedure. And when they get to the UK, we provide an intensive five-day training course before they are considered for a placement with a client. Our training is considered the best in the industry.

“Each trip to South Africa brings its own challenges. My first visit was quite daunting, but now I love it.”

Press Release: May 2009

LADIES PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD IN CHARITY RACE

Five ladies from Corinium Care are tying up their trainers and limbering up to run the Cotswold Race for Life on Sunday May 17.

Directors Amanda Butler and Clare Armstrong will be striding out with Fiona Bird, Victoria Taylor and Suzanne Hathaway at Kemble Airfield.

The women-only race is in its 16th year and it is the third consecutive year that the Corinium team have taken to the field.

“We’ve all got different personal reasons for wanting to support Cancer Research UK. None of us are athletes, but the great thing about Race for Life is that we can walk if we get puffed out,” said Operations Director Amanda Butler.

“There’s an incredible atmosphere as well. It’s a very emotional day for many of the participants.”

Corinium Care, based in Nailsworth, provides 24-hour live-in care for the elderly and infirm and also has first-hand experience of helping those who have been diagnosed with cancer to remain comfortably cared for at home whilst undergoing treatment.

There are 230 different Race for Life events across the UK this year and the target is for 680,000 women to take part.

The staff at Corinium raised more than £800 in 2008. If you would like to sponsor them visit www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/coriniumcare or visit their website www.coriniumcare.com

Press Release: April 2009

CORINIUM CARE WELCOMES SUZANNE TO NEWLY CREATED POST

NAILSWORTH-based live-in nursing agency Corinium Care has welcomed Suzanne Hathaway to the team in the company’s newly created assistant care manager post.

Corinium, which has 700 carers on its books and 10 members of staff, added the new position to deal with its increasing client base and the growing demand for live-in care.

Suzanne, 46, who has spent almost 20 years in the care industry, will help with carer training to better enable them to look after elderly and infirm patients, those with dementia and young adults with physical and learning difficulties.

"I chose Corinium because I knew of its reputation and I like its philosophy," said Suzanne, who has years of experience working with autistic adults.

"Because carers live-in, they can spend quality time with their client. "They are able to get to know them, help them to retain their independence and enable them to stay in their own homes for longer."

Despite the economic downturn, the agency has quadrupled in size in the last decade and shows no sign of slowing down in the face of the recession.

Its regular personal care, handling and moving and first aid courses ensure its clients get the best care, and its carers are equipped to handle any situation with confidence.

Corinium’s director of operations, Amanda Butler, said: "The growth in our business and in the number of carers means that we need extra support and Suzanne is a great new addition to our team."

For more information about the service provided by Corinium Care visit www.coriniumcare.com or contact managing director Camilla Miles via email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 01453 839290

Press Release: April 2009

CORINIUM IN THE PINK FOR TREK

The staff at Corinium Care are used to teamwork – which will come in handy when they don walking boots and pink T-shirts for the Cotswold Midnight Walk.

Leading from the front for the 10-mile charity trek is managing director Camilla Miles. With her will be Fiona Bird, Sue Powell, Natasha Skowron, Clare Armstrong and Rachel Dedman.

The women-only walk on June 26th will raise money for Cotswold Care Hospice in Minchinhampton. Corinium Care, based in Nailsworth, provides 24-hour live-in care for the elderly and infirm, those with dementia and young adults with physical disabilities. It has 11 staff in Nailsworth and 700 registered carers.

Last year 1,200 women took part in the Midnight Walk in and around Cirencester, raising £120,000. This year, organisers hope 2,000 women will join in.

For more information, log on to www.fancyagirlsnightout.com

Press Release: April 2009

CORINIUM SAYS THANKS FOR BEING SO LOYAL

CORINIUM CARE is taking one of its longest-established clients out to lunch to say thankyou for 12 years of loyalty.

Billie-Jane Mozley, 33, has cerebral palsy and needs full-time, live-in care. Corinium Care, based in Nailsworth, has been providing her carers since she was 21.

The thankyou lunch takes place at Café Rouge, in Cheltenham Promenade on Tuesday April 14.

BJ, from Cheltenham, doesn’t let her disability get in the way of an extremely active life. She was a student at the Star College in Ullenwood. She is passionate about pink, sports tattoos and lots of jewellery, attends St Vincent’s day centre in Cheltenham, and gets about in her wheelchair.

She attended Princess Diana’s funeral, goes to Lourdes every year and is engaged to be married.

Corinium Care, based in Nailsworth, is one of the biggest live-in care agencies in the UK, providing 24-hour care for the elderly and infirm, as well as for severely disabled adults.

Managing Director of Corinium Care, Camilla Miles, said: “BJ is an extraordinary character who has been with us for such a long time. We thought it would be a nice gesture to take her out to say thankyou.

“She’s a great example of how 24-hour live-in care can transform lives. Her strength of spirit is a lesson to us all that life is what you make of it.”

BJ and her carer will be joined for lunch by Camilla Miles, and Corinium’s Director of Operations Amanda Butler.

Press Release: March 2009

NAILSWORTH CARE AGENCY WELCOMES NEW RECRUIT

Nailsworth-based Corinium Care Ltd has recruited experienced nurse Jeannette Pellatt as its new training and care manager.

Having already worked as a practice nurse for 10 years at the Minchinhampton Surgery, the Cotswold Dialysis Unit and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Jeannette steps into the role with diplomas in nursing studies and diabetes care.

Among her duties will be to further develop the training of new and existing carers and manage the agency’s portfolio of clients across the South West and Wales.

Corinium Care is an agency which specialises in the provision of live-in care for the elderly and infirm, people with dementia and young adults with physical disabilities.

Director of Operations Amanda Butler said: “ She brings an additional strength to our team and her experience will be invaluable to Corinium, both in her training and through her care management.”

Jeannette said: “Joining Corinium Care gives me the opportunity to make a difference to ensure high quality care is provided to people who are frail or vulnerable but wish to remain in their own homes.” She replaces Jane Gunningham who is leaving Corinium Care after nine years’ service to get married and move overseas.

Press Release: January 2009

CORINIUM CARE TAKES RECRUITMENT DRIVE TO NEW ZEALAND

Gloucestershire-based care agency, Corinium Care, is organising a recruitment drive in New Zealand, seeking live-in carers for its elderly and disabled clients in the UK.

Managing Director Camilla Miles has struggled to find enough suitable carers in the UK, despite the economic downturn and rising unemployment figures.

The company, based in Nailsworth, has ten staff and more than 700 registered carers from Britain and abroad. It has recruitment offices in Zimbabwe and South Africa. The trip to New Zealand is a first.

“Our business has quadrupled in the past ten years and our search for carers has been relentless,” said Camilla, who founded Corinium Care in 1995.

“Since the credit crunch and the economic downturn in this country, we have had more applications from the UK, mostly from people who have been made redundant. But the demands for our services outstrip the supply of people who come forward.”

The agency, one of the biggest in the UK, provides 24-hour care for elderly and disabled people in their own homes. Almost 40 per cent of their clients have a degree of dementia, and their families opt for one-to-one care at home, rather than a nursing home.

“The reason for the growth of Corinium Care is linked to the growth of the elderly population in the UK. At the same time, more people are becoming aware of the choices of care available, and more are choosing to remain in their own homes with live-in care,” said Camilla.

“Another factor affecting our business is that families are choosing to keep their elderly relatives at home because it’s not a good time to sell property.”

Live-in carers earn about £70 per day.

They undergo training with Corinium Care in personal care, communicating with people with dementia, recognising signs of abuse, and moving and handling.

“Training covers all aspects of being a carer but most importantly the emphasis is on the understanding of what it’s like to be cared for,” said Camilla.

Many of Corinium’s carers are from Zimbabwe and South Africa. They spend three to six months in the UK, then three to six months in their own country before they return to Britain.

Camilla will be spending time in North and South Island in New Zealand with Corinium Director Peter Beloe. They leave on Monday January 26.

“We hope New Zealand will open up new avenues for us,” said Camilla.

“It’s a real chance to promote the benefits of live-in care to a new audience, and to offer opportunities to people who might not necessarily know about the possibilities of a career in care work.”

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