CareChoice – changing the narrative on what it means to be in a Nursing Home in Ireland.

Recently Conor O’Hagan joined the team at The Ardmore care home in North Dublin, to talk about what it’s really like to live in a nursing home environment. Conor interviewed Collette a local resident of Glasnevin and CareChoice’s Chief Marketing Officer Melanie O’Connor and was surprised to find a different story from the usual ones told about life in a nursing home environment.

As you will hear throughout this episode of the Senior Times Podcast, for Colette, spending time at the Ardmore was a real blessing and not only was she able to recover fully from her back surgery, but she found a new connection to community. Among the residents at the care home Colette found new friends and plenty of great people living their lives independently, yet, safely under the respectful guidance of the home’s care staff.

It’s important for all of us to remember that every person, regardless of where they live, is a human being with history, with stories, with friends and families and in particular for those who live long enough to require nursing home care, with a life full of wisdom learned and insights gained.

The Ardmore are most certainly doing something right, and Nichola Steen, the home’s director of nursing summarized it as follows:

“What makes the Ardmore so special is the people who work here and the residents who reside here. It epitomizes a sense of belonging, a sense of community, a sense of purpose and a sense of safety and it’s these attributes that make the Ardmore what it is.”

The Ardmore is one of 14 nursing homes in the CareChoice group spread across Leinster and Munster on the east of Ireland. For more information: phone (01) 880 0900 or email: [email protected] www.carechoice.ie