Home Instead’s Camden franchise office celebrates the success of care professional

Home Instead’s Camden franchise office has been celebrating recently after their care professional Anthony Chinoso, was named Care Professional of the Year.

The 30-year-old was one of three finalists selected from the 12,000 care professionals employed by Home Instead across the UK. Originally from Nigeria, Anthony looked after his grandparents before moving to England where he settled in the Camden area.

The crowning of Home Instead’s Care Professional of the Year is the highlight of their Annual Conference, which sees the coming together of the franchise network and allows them to shine a light on the amazing work their care professionals do and the contribution they make to improving the lives of their clients.

The judges were particularly impressed with Anthony’s patience and commitment to ‘getting through’ to a client who was living with dementia. He takes great care in really getting to know his clients and finding new stories and conversation threads to share with them.

One particular client had lost her husband and then her beloved cat, Sparky. Although living with dementia the lady was fiercely independent and resistant to receiving care. Anthony realised that a connection could be made by talking about Sparky and that’s where their relationship really developed.

Anthony found out that this client loved to dance and sing so he downloaded all the songs that she loved so they could listen to music and have a dance – her favourite is ‘Singing in the Rain’. She sometimes struggles to wake up but Anthony found a solution which was to play the song to her on his phone which gently wakes her up. She even recently attended a dance for people living with dementia and had an amazing time.

Speaking about his work, Anthony said:

Recognised alongside Anthony were Angela Marsh from the network’s Salford & Worsley franchise and Tinashe Mutore from the Glasgow North franchise.

Angela was put forward for the award after she helped a 95-year-old client, who is a holocaust survivor, to write a book and educate her community.

Tinashe lived in Zimbabwe where he cared for his grandfather. He came to the UK in 2022 becoming a live-in care professional looking after a client with MND. His positivity has truly changed the lives of his clients.

Speaking about Anthony and the other finalists, Home Instead’s CEO Martin Jones MBE said: