Helena was the driving force behind award winning and quality accredited Caring Homes when she founded the company in 1994 through the purchase of her first care home with her son Paul. A registered nurse with a passion for delivering personalised care to elderly people, Helena worked as a nursing homes Manager ahead of starting the highly regarded care home group. Helena is passionate about quality person centred care and ensuring that every resident achieves the highest possible quality of life.
As a result of her outstanding track record in delivering the best possible quality of life to elderly people, Helena has received the Health Investor 2018 Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution by an Individual’. The Health Investor Awards promote excellence and recognise innovation as well as those driving improvement in the independent sector with the judges looking for organisations and individuals that have made an outstanding contribution to health and social care. Helena has already been the proud recipient of two further lifetime achievement awards – ‘The Dame Vera Lynn Lifetime Achievement Award’ from the Care industry’s Care Training Excellence Awards and the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at the prestigious National Care Awards in 2016.