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Making personalisation affordable. The cost of support delivered by community micro- enterprises is cheaper than the cost of traditional care. Annual savings to Somerset are currently running at above £0.5 million (Community Catalysts, 2017). Commissioners know that older people, including those in the most rural areas, can be supported well at home; and because of this people come home earlier from hospital, stay connected to their community which relieves isolation and loneliness.
Care4U
Sharon Walker has a lot of experience working in traditional care services.
She took a career break to look after her mother-in-law and was profoundly affected by the experience of delivering
person-centred care. Spurred on by this and with support from Community Catalysts, she decided to set up Care4U in
December 2015. Care4U provides highly personalised, exible and consistent support to older people in and around Sharon’s Somerset village. After 14
months running Care4U she explains the difference it has made to the people she supports:
“I can organise my time so that people can get what they want at a time that suits them, it gives me the freedom to work around their family...”
Whole Body Therapy is a social enterprise founded and run by Sarah Allman, a therapist in Barking and Dagenham, with experience of working with
people with dementia and older people in residential, nursing and extra care housing.
hrough her own personal experience, Sarah has discovered the bene ts of massage, balance and strength
retraining. She knows rst-hand how a small amount of targeted physical intervention and advice can make a signi cant difference to someone’s health and wellbeing. Social workers were very positive about the service that Sarah provides, and welcomed the opportunity to meet with her via Community Catalysts and nd about the service and how she can support people with a personal budget. Sarah won the Barking and Dagenham Business Awards in 2014 for Social Enterprise.
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