100 jobs created across Coventry and Warwickshire by home care company

A company which specialises in providing care for older people in their own homes has announced plans to create 100 new jobs across Coventry and Warwickshire.

Home Instead Senior Care will be taking on 40 new workers in Coventry and a further 60 jobs are being created in and around Stratford.

The firm is part of a national network recognised as one of the UK’s leading in home care organisations and Home Instead was set up locally by business partners Philip Wright Howarth and Philip Maundrill.

Mr Wright-Howarth said: “With an ageing population, caring for the elderly has never been a more important issue.

“A knock on effect has resulted in a significant period of change and growth in social care, which is leading to a broader range of improved job opportunities in the sector.”

Home Instead services include personal care such as assistance with bathing, dressing, eating and medications; home help covering all aspects of day-to-day housework, shopping, meal preparation and household duties plus companionship services that can involve everything from escorting clients to appointments through to simple conversation and good company.

Mr Wright-Howarth added: “Our visits are typically of one hour duration, allowing our team of caregivers to spend quality time with clients. We also match clients and caregivers so they share common areas of interest.

“For people with no prior experience, we provide a full training programme so anyone who is interested in working in the sector should get in touch.

“The at home care that our team is providing allows for prolonged independence, stability and security for elderly people and assures peace of mind for their families.”

The Home Instead service provided is extremely flexible and ranges from a few hours a day to 24 hour care.

The announcement comes just days after a Coventry training firm revealed plans to close by Christmas – leaving 100 jobs facing the axe.

Pearson Education, which is based at Siskin Parkway East at Middlemarch Business Park, branded the decision to shut as ‘regrettable’ and is in consultation with staff.

Mom attacked asking for help with groceries

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) —A Memphis man is in jail for attacking his mother because she asked him to help bring some groceries in from the car.

Harold Jackson is facing domestic assault charges.

His mother and wife told WREG this isn't the first time he's been to jail, but it's the last time they'll let him hurt them.

They agreed to tell their story because they hope it will help other women find the strength to do what they had to Thursday night.

"We are going to take care of each other, and do what we have to do to get through it," Kathy Edge told WREG.

She and her daughter-in-law, Shelly Jackson, are helping each other hold it together after a traumatizing night in their home.

Kathy calls her son an alcoholic, and when she got home Thursday night, she says he grabbed her in the doorway and slammed her hack against the wall.

"He said, 'I ought to just take you out and hit you right now,'" she said, adding when he drinks he's "a different person."

His wife Shelly heard the screams and called 911.

"The fact is I don't know what would happen if I didn't. It's what I had to do," Shelly said.

Shelly says her husband has hurt her before, and the pain from the abuse caused her to lose her job, and eventually their home.

"I'm finished losing because of somebody else's actions," she said.

Shelby County sheriff's deputies came to the house in Lake Valley Cove and eventually found Jackson hiding in the backyard.

Shelly says something about that night just clicked, and she realized she needed to speak out about this problem that very few people in her life know exists.

"There is five percent of your relationship that is great, and meaningful. There is 95 percent that is chaos. People like me live in the five percent and refuse to see the 95 percent," she said.

Now Shelly and Kathy are staying strong for her 8-year-old daughter, and trying to get help to work through all of this hurt.

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Porter Health Care System celebrates Environmental Services and Housekeeping week

Environmental Services and Housekeeping Week recognizes the contributions of health care environmental services and housekeeping’s role in infection control, cleaning protocols, patient safety goals and overall customer satisfaction. This year, EVS Week was celebrated at Porter Health Care System Sept. 14-20.

There are more than 80 EVS associates at Porter and according to Assistant Director of Environmental Services Debbie Wilson all are committed to maintaining a clean environment, but also view their role as one of customer service.

“Our job is to put the patient first,” Wilson said. “When we are cleaning a patient room, we engage the patient in conversation and create a positive connection.”

Every time a patient room is cleaned, an EVS associate leaves behind a business card and a feedback form to let the patient know their room was cleaned, and to give the patient a way to contact the department and leave feedback about the experience.

Often, the feedback forms recognize EVS associates for more than satisfaction of a clean room.

“This is by far one of the best hospitals I’ve ever worked for,” said Director of Environmental Services Marvin Ramey. “The housekeeping department, from the management staff to the associates, all present a level of compassion that’s just amazing. I’m typically bombarded with positive comments from patients about our department.”

Service Employee International Union's tactics rooted in 1980s

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During the mid-1980s, SEIU was struggling to unionize janitorial workers in major cities. Commercial building owners began to contract out cleaning services to companies that used cheaper nonunion labor.
When SEIU tried to organize the private janitorial contractors, building owners would switch to a nonunion company.
The old way of organizing building-by-building wasn't going to work. So SEIU began thinking bigger, with city-wide campaigns to raise wage standards for workers in an entire market, said Richard Hurd, a professor of industrial and labor relations at Cornell University.
“Instead of simply trying to organize the workers, they figured out in each different industry and each different setting, what is the best way to gain leverage versus the employer,” Hurd said.
Efforts to organize janitors coalesced into a movement known as “Justice for Janitors.” A strike and street demonstrations in Los Angeles in 1990 attracted national interest, drawing support from religious leaders, community organizers and politicians.
Former Vice President Al Gore, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., backed Justice for Janitors campaigns, which have secured 27 master contacts with commercial cleaning contractors, the union says.
The slogan “One Industry, One Union, One Contract” doubled as an organizing strategy for SEIU that has continued today, including the recent efforts to raise wages for fast-food workers nationwide.
“What's happening now with fast food is a natural parallel to what happened in the 1980s,” Hurd said. “Because instead of trying to organize the workers fast-food outlet by fast-food outlet, they're figuring out the best way to have leverage against the employers.”