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Professional, Caring & Kind
Meet the Team at The Aldbury
You’d be surprised how many caring people make up the team that look after residents, maintaining the highest standards of clinical and social care. From the Home Manager to the Chef, the Housekeeping team to the Clinical Lead, we all come together to make ‘One Team’, putting residents at the heart of all we do.
Martin Corrigan – Home Manager
As the Home Manager at The Aldbury, Martin oversees the day-to-day operations of our care home, ensuring a safe, supportive, and welcoming environment for all residents. With a strong focus on delivering the highest standards of dementia care, Martin leads a dedicated team of professionals, working closely with residents and their families to meet individual needs and enhance quality of life.
Victoria Smith – Clinical Lead
Victoria is our Clinical Lead, responsible for overseeing all clinical aspects of care within our home, ensuring that residents receive exceptional, person-centred care tailored to their needs. She leads the nursing and care teams, providing clinical expertise and guidance to ensure best practices are followed and regulatory standards are met. A qualified nurse with over 12 years of clinical experience solely within dedicated dementia communities, Victoria has a real passion for enriching the lives of those she cares for through holistic care, fun, and compassion.
Customer Support – Lara Warrilow
As our Customer Support Advisor, Lara is dedicated to providing exceptional service and support to new enquiries, residents, families, and visitors. She serves as the first point of contact, ensuring that everyone who reaches out to our care home receives clear, helpful information and a friendly, professional experience. Lara assists families throughout the process of choosing the right care for their loved ones, offering guidance on our services, answering questions, and providing ongoing support. From coordinating visits to addressing concerns, she is there every step of the way, even ensuring new residents have everything they need to settle into their new home.
“The staff have been wonderful during this difficult period and have worked very hard to help my mum settle and support the family.” – J S, daughter of resident at The Aldbury
Our Values
The Aldbury is part of Colten Care, a family-owned business built on core values that still guide us from the very heart of our business today. Our values shape the company culture and play out in our home every day through meaningful, heartfelt interactions between staff, residents and family members.
We are Kind
Respectful, patient, thoughtful, taking time and doing what’s needed
We are Individual
Attentive, responsive, embracing uniqueness
We are Reassuring
High standards, inspiring trust and confidence, taking responsibility
We are Honest
Realistic, open, ready to acknowledge mistakes and put them right, unafraid of difficult conversations
WHO COMPLETES YOUR
CARE HOME TEAM?
There is a large team of well-trained and compassionate staff at The Aldbury, working as one to provide the highest standards of clinical and social care. ‘Nothing is too much trouble’ is something we regularly here about our amazing team in resident and relative feedback.
N.B The following images of Colten Care residents and staff are not all from The Aldbury
Nurses
Our Nurses care for many complex conditions so that residents who would otherwise have been referred to a hospital-type setting can continue to enjoy all their home comforts.
Carers
Our Carers play an essential role providing personal care, assisting residents to lead a fulfilled life. and make a meaningful difference to their health and wellbeing every day
Companionship Team
Our Activities Coordinators lead a wide variety of social events and create a stimulating, entertaining and therapeutic environment for our residents.
Customer Advisor
The Customer Advisor is responsible for helping manage enquiries into the home, conducting show arounds and ensuring a new resident’s arrival runs smoothly.
Home Administrator
The Home Administrator manages clerical and daily administrative tasks in support of the Home Manager. They will often liaise with family and friends on behalf of residents.
Gardener
Our Gardener brings expertise in designing and maintaining gardens that are both calming and revitalising, with plenty of visual and sensory interest.
Chef
Using only the best quality ingredients, sourcing them wherever possible from local suppliers, our Chefs create meals that are not only nutritional and well balanced, but beautifully presented and well thought out.
Catering
Our catering team delivers an exceptional service and first-class dining experience to our residents.
Housekeeping & Laundry Team
Maintaining a safe, clean and well looked after home creating an environment where our residents can feel safe and reassured knowing that they will be taken care of each and every day.
Maintenance Team
Our maintenance team provides practical help, support, advice and reactive repairs, helping maintain safe, reliable facilities that are essential to our residents’ individual well-being.
Central Support
Colten Care has a large central Support Centre in Ringwood, Hampshire, providing invaluable support to our team in many ways, from clinical expertise to additional maintenance.
WE’RE HERE FOR YOU
Whether you’d like an initial chat about the care we provide, you have a question about our all-inclusive fees, or you’d like more information about our beautiful home, we’re here to help.