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Based in Adlington, (Lancs) Personally providing Outstanding 1:1 Bespoke & Tailored Personal, Dementia, Welfare,Mental Health Support & Care within the Home, with over 30 years Experience,Qualifications & Training within the Health & Social Care Sector ✨️

21/10/2026

This beauty right here is one of my very first lovelies! ❤️

On day one, she didnt like me...& made no bones that I wasnt required 😆...she still didnt like me after that first week & the family were at the end of their tether as she shed previously had little trust with the Agency that were going, & had been through some upsetting visits.
The family couldn't apologise enough to me, I reassured them Id gain that trust back 🤞

I do love a challenge (there's been many!) & Ive persuvered on MANY occasions talking to people through letterboxes because they wouldnt open the door to me !

But it doesn't take long.

✨️They see that I'm different from the others...I'm there because I WANT to be & I'm there to bring a little bit of sunshine to their days & provide exceptional care on THEIR terms not ticking a box & a management dictating.

Breakfast was on her notes as "cereal" back then.

No one had thought to sit down and ask "What do YOU realllllly fancy for breakfast today!"

So today I asked her, as I do 3x a week all these years later... & it was Bacon & Roasted Tomatoes on toast 😆

Breakfast is served as you wish my dear 😉

13/10/2026

✨️ Another one for the "Clever Clogs" wall 🤪

So many people ( including my long suffering Husband!) Always ask me why Im constantly studying something. Diplomas....Training...Legislations...Guidelines,
- on top of working over 70 hours a week 🙈

I don't NEED to be tip top. Anyone can be a Carer right? Anyone can do this job? Its all cups of tea & chatting 🤷‍♀️

I do it because.....

👉 My care standards are high (very high!)

👉 I need to make sure Im upto scratch on laws, guidelines, legislations set by the CQC ( Care Quality Commission)

👉 My JOB is to keep your loved one safe

👉 I need to provide reassurance to familys that I'm:

✨️ Trusted
✨️ Reliable
✨️ Knowledgeable
✨️ Fully Trained

And most importantly, I do it because I need to be 110% as a Care Provider that each & every one of those visits is done RIGHT LEGALLY & PERSON CENTERED.

❤️ Your family is MY family.

Professional Carers Network

06/10/2026

❤️ Every time you enter the room announce "Hi! Its....." NEVER ask "Do you know who I am"...this will cause me so much anxiety.

❤️ Please ensure my friends & family embrace my Dementia & still visit me...this Is my reality now.

❤️ If I think my dead friend is still alive, or my parents have just visited me...please go with me on this...let me believe this is true.

❤️ If I'm not sure who you are, please please dont take it personally...my timeline is so confusing now.

❤️ If I can no longer use utensils, do not start to feed me, instead, just give me a finger food diet..and just let me see if I can do it myself.

❤️ When I get tearful or anxious, hold my hand and just listen. Please do not tell me my feelings are unfounded or Im being silly.

❤️ I still want to continue doing the things Ive always enjoyed. Help me to find a way to visit my friends...read a book...walk my dogs.

❤️ Sit with me often and ask me to tell you my memories from our years gone by together.

❤️ If we have visitors or attend an appointment...please dont talk about me as if Im not there. I am. I can understand every word that is said. Include me - let me have my say.

❤️ Please dont get frustrated with me when I mix up names, events or places...take a deep breath...its not my fault.

❤️ If I like to pick items up and carry them around, - let me....And help me to return them to their original place so I can find them again.

❤️ Please dont ever exclude me from parties or family gatherings

❤️ Never forget that I may not be the same person but I am still the same person YOU have always known & loved...please hug me often and remind me how much you love me.
.... and most importantly to my Sons..... You know my standards of Care...choose wisely! X

02/10/2026

One thing I REALLY struggle with, is saying "No" !

Each & every day, I receive phonecalls from families, many of who are at breaking point with care for a loved one, and it gets me every time.

"We've had Agency in & it's made Dad worse " or

"We don't want anyone else going into Mum other than you Leigh"

Ive picked up the pieces from various Agencies for the last 10 years, & Ive seen the destruction & deterioration first hand thats been caused from a sea of strangers walking through the door and poor care being provided. And it breaks me.

But I can't save everyone 😔

I genuinely wish I could, - if I could split myself into various pieces It would be perfect !! But as it currently stands, I truelly am at full capacity 7am-7pm Mon - Fri ( & every other Sunday).....

However...I have a solution 🪄✨️

I know a good Carer when I see one. I can feel it in my bones...& and I can spot it a mile away!!

In 30 years Ive only come across one other..when I had staff ( Kiera, oh I miss you!!) that oooozes dedication for the people they provide care for, - an aura surrounds them... & its rare, VERY RARE!!!

And Im rather touched that this particular Carer reached out to me a few months ago for a little guidance in the Private Care sector to set up her Business.

Many meetings together (& ALOT of coffees!)..... And it warms my cockles that Emily is now up and running!
Like me, providing high standards of care are the number one priority & as a fellow registered Professional Carers Network member, shes pretty top notch !!

So whereas It broke me to say, " Im sorry, I have no availability " - I'm absolutely thrilled to be able to pass on a high recommendation for Emily at Yarrow Valley & Tawd Valley - Independent Carers

Im more than happy to put your loved ones on the waiting list... and Im more than happy for you to ring/message /email and have a good cry or a rant- I feel that pain with you, thats what Im here for, and I'll always navigate a family in the right direction for support.

And NOW I can navigate you to someone else LOCAL, someone that has Care in their bones, .... and someone that will love, and dedicate their every being to providing your loved one with the outstanding care, 1:1 time & happiness that they deserve 💞

28/09/2026

Everyone that knows me, knows that all I need in life are my Dogs & my Ellerbeck lovelies ....The husband & kids come waaaay after!

Today is my 🐾 Annabelles 7th Birthday...yes she had many presents, balloons & treats but what made her day was seeing her "adopted" Grandma. - (also a fellow obsessive dog lover!)

So I combined the 2 loves on my life together, by taking both out for coffee & cake ( & Doggy Éclairs!) & thats the absoloute joy of Private Care!

They aren't just a visit to tick off. - they're part of my life & believe me, it makes a HUGE difference to that persons wellbeing sharing time together like this ❤️

Annabelle Happy ✔️

Leigh Happy ✔️

"Grandma" VERY Happy!✔️

23/09/2026

Sometimes its comforting to have a reminder of how something is possible if you REALLY hit it head on!

This photo came on my facebook memories from a few years ago.. & it cast me right back to the start of Ellerbeck....

For many many months whilst working for a local Care Agency, I was an emotional wreck when I came home. By being employed there I was accepting this was how Care was done.

I was accepting that 10 minutes to make someone their evening meal & have face to face interaction was ok...

I was accepting that 10 minutes was sufficient to change someones incontinence pad, hold their hand and reassure them, was enough...

I was accepting that 10 minutes to say "Hi!" And check on their wellbeing was enough...

I was accepting that it was ok to not see someone smile, - I had too many visits in that hour to make. I simply had to fly in and fly out.

It devastated me that these people didn't get the time they deserved, the attention to care & the highest standards of care possible. - coming home in tears was a frequent thing, and I just didn't have it in me to continue being a part of it.

One evening I went to pieces & told my husband I couldn't do this job any more. It was breaking me to see how cruel care had become.....it didn't used to be like this when I was first started out 30 years ago...Care was REAL care back then.

Not now.

These People meant nothing to that Head Office, ( nor a majority of my colleagues) . They were names and boxes to be ticked & a cash cow for the big Cheeses.

I handed in my notice with a broken heart that I couldnt have done anymore- my pleas with Head Office to allocate more time for these people, keep the same faces for them so they could build a relationship & trust fell completely on deaf ears ... I WAS DONE!

As the weeks followed my phone rung from soooo many of these families, asking me to takeover the care of their loved ones, other families in the village rung me, - ( and throw in a few emails from my previous employers advising me it was "illegal" for me to provide care for them if I wasnt an employee anymore !) ... I was completely torn..

My husband simply said " Go for it! You know you can make a difference YOUR way.
B******* to Head Office! These folk NEED you, get the Insurance, the additional qualifications, - I'll help you study all the legislations. Leigh this is what you were born for!"

I pondered... Could I really do this? Could I really save these people, could I really go out there solo and provide the highest standards these people deserved ??

HELL YES!!

The following day, I told him I was fighting back..., I was doing this MY way, - the way care should be done! .... and he came home from work with flowers and a card that simply said " You dont need any luck Leigh, Im so proud of you..Go save the world !!

Well.. the rest is history as they say 🥰

14/09/2026

This is quite possibly the BEST Investment Ive made yet!!

Personal Care is every morning from 7.30am, & bizarrely its an oppurtunity to have such a heartwarming 1:1 catch up & chat!

For one gentleman I sing & he guesses the artist, & for another lady who has Dementia she sings music from the 50s, 60s, 70s and goes into the most incredible detail of the memory of that song, - which dance hall she was at, who she was with, and even the dresses she wore! And I truelly love this throwback into her memories!

However, tragically around 5 weeks ago, concerns were raised by myself & her lovely family at her Review, that she was suffering with Aphasia ( they know what they want to say but their brains cant quite find the words for their mouth to form them) its heartbreaking to watch and broke my heart that her singing .... and memories couldnt be shared at our moments together 😔

So I got my thinking cap on.......

I invested in a Bluetooth Speaker ( very technical for me may I add!) & with a few lessons from my son, I was downloading all her favourites, - Dolly, Elvis, Cilla, The Drifters, Buddy Holly ...& took along my new DJ equipment and placed it on her bathroom windowsill.

"Jailhouse Rock" kicked in and it was like flicking a switch, - she burst into song!

Every lyric..

Every single part word perfect..

Then the feet started 😆

It was like watching someone come back to me after a long absence.
For that full hour we sung our socks off ! ( with a few shimmys and shakes inbetween!) .... and we've continued every morning since.

Last week her son rung me, her sparkle was back through the music and the stories behind the music were creeping in bit by bit.

And by God its emotional to watch her in action!

But shes back!..... We dont know for how long, but I'll continue to be the "Morming DJ" .....

🎵Music has brought back her memories... its brought back her voice and its triggered that part of her that let's her be HERSELF, and each day is an emotional rollercoaster but if my little investment into modern technology can keep her voice with us, I'll continue DJ'ing for as long as she needs me to be 🥹💖

05/09/2026

This week had me running through 3 rooms in someones house after hearing the words "I'll just get my card!"

Those words I must have heard hundreds of times over the years whilst Ive been visiting someone in their home ...the only difference being that the callers are becoming more and more convincing now.

This week it was "White Goods Renewal Insurance". They had 24 hours to renew their policy or the white goods would be removed. .....Funnily enough, as I grabbed the phone...they disconnected the call and Frank still has his washing machine as we speak.

Im all for retaining loved ones Independence, them having their handbag/ wallet with their own cards in and the odd fiver, but do they really need access to their bank account so freely? Especially if deterioration/Dementia/Alzheimers is present?

Its not about retaining their independence, its about keeping them SAFE.

Believe me, these callers are experts at manipulation & will rush someone to make an immediate payment ..and theres not a thing you can do once that transaction has gone through.
No trace...no refund.

If you are fortunate enough to be present when one of these delightful people call your loved one, - and you are unsure of the authenticity..

‼️ Tell the caller you need to verify the call. If its genuine, they will hold.
Call 📞 159 from your own phone and this connects you to straight to their Bank through a government checking service....( alot quicker than dialling their Customer Services !)

🤔 Alternatively, question NOW, - is it SAFE for them to have access to their bank card / bank statements ?

We all want our loved ones to keep their Independence, I certainly promote this constantly! ...but theres a fine line to also keeping them safe 💛

01/09/2026

When I say "I provide Bespoke & Tailored Care" .... thats exactly what I do.

A large majority of my evenings & weekends are spent researching. Whether that be researching the net for recently diagnosed rare illnesses ( in many cases, the NHS have lost the ability to sit in front of a heartbroken family and explain in simple terms the progression...how their loved one will change..& how they will be supported by our Health & Social Care services ...its ok, Mr Burnham Im happy to fill that role for all the Consultants & Specialists whilst you & the Baroness shake it up)

Or in many cases, locating services, support groups, & local Hubs for my lovelies (& Families!) within their local areas.

Community & Social presence is PARAMOUNT for anyone that is housebound, elderly, suffering with dementia/ Alziemers, and where possible I want them back into that Community and getting that wellbeing balance back on track.

This is where I recently struck GOLD️ 💛 whilst researching!

"Talkin Tables" is nationwide ( I didn't know this!)
Its a gathering at the same location, same time, same day each week at soooooo many different bases ( ours is the pub 😃) and worth its weight in gold it really is.
People from all walks of life, all ages, all with their own reasons for attending ...but all with the same ethos.. to meet friends & stay within their community.

Have a glass of w**e, or a coffee. You just turn up, and immediately you are welcomed in, sat down laughing, chatting with this whole new friendship group!

Its been INVALUABLE to one of my lady's, a lifeline, a connection to a group of such incredibly lovely & kind people. We laugh...constantly every Thursday, - and the Afternoon Tea is an added bonus !

And the best bit.... that feeling in my belly when I sit back and watch them all, ...see how engaged & happy each & every single one of them is.

Its a community coming together & changing lives with the BIGGEST impact 💛

✨️For your local "Talkin Tables" Group give me a ti**le & I'll send you the details 📞 07438 626 429

25/08/2026

Are you looking for Private Care & don't know where to even start? ........

Yesterday I watched a horror film being played out in front of me whilst on Social media..& sadly of late, its becoming a very frequent thing.

A lady looking for someone to come in & look after her dad who had Alziemers and "could do with abit of help" . A young lady had commented that she had worked in a Care Home previously and was trained and was available at the times the lady wanted for her dad, and it became apparant she'd gone to school with the lady's son.

As I watched this exchange of words and arrangements being made, my heart was racing and panic set in that this daughter was actually considering paying this girl to come into an environment she not only wasnt qualified or insured to be in ( working in a care home in the past doesn't quite cut it) ...the exchange of requirements for her dad were broadcasted all over social media along with her phone number "to arrange to come round & meet Dad" 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Wrongly or rightly, I messaged the lady directly and explained, although I was fully booked up...I could point her in the direction of a reputable, fully qualified, insured & TRUSTED Private Carer that was local, relief came when she said she would contact them, and thanked me for contacting her as " she didn't know where to start or how to find someone for dad as hed not had a good experience with a local agency"

And I slept soundly in my bed last night knowing Id saved someone from what could have been fatal.

Its a mine field. Its a situation ALOT of families come across, not knowing where to even start, especially if they have had a poor agency in and that trust has been destroyed at the onset.

I may be fully booked up..but I will ALWAYS point you in the right direction.
Im a Registered member of a Professional Carers Network with other qualified Carers within the area, some Ive already recommended on & others I work closely with & pass on my knowledge to so their standards are as high as mine.

But in the event you choose to look into your own Private Care for a loved one.......

✨️ Are they Fully Insured?

✨️Have you seen their portfolio of training & qualifications ?

✨️Are they familiar with Legislations & Regulations?

✨️ Have you read their references / previous client feedback ?

✨️Do they come recommend/have you heard of them?

✨️Are they HMRC Registered?

✨️ Have they arranged to meet both you AND your loved one together first? ( you'll gauge ALOT from this first meeting!)

👉A Self employed, sole Private Carer will provide YOU with how much they charge, they will have set costs that include their overheads, PPE etc ...but remember, as they say.....pay peanuts you get monkeys..so £15 an hour you wont be getting a fully qualified and insured Carer!

👉 A Private Carer will ALWAYS provide a Contract for the client AND next of Kin, along with an An Agreed Care Agreement and Risk Assessments are put in place.

Finding care for a loved one is a daunting task.

Don't accept anything lower than EXCELLENT & OUTSTANDING

At ANY age, everyone deserves only the best care & support & its a decision not to be made lightly ✨️

Address

Adlington
CHORLEY

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 7pm
Tuesday	7am - 7pm
Wednesday	7am - 7pm
Thursday	7am - 7pm
Friday	7am - 7pm

Telephone

+447438626429

Website

http://www.ellerbeckcare.co.uk/, http://www.ellerbeckcare.co.uk/

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