I have worked for wright care at home since April 2016 and have enjoyed every moment.

But the last year has really been the toughest. I’ve never felt so many emotions, having to be positive and strong in front of our customers, when deep down inside I’ve had my own feelings of being scared and frightened by the uncertainty of Covid19.

Being a single parent, having to juggle work and home schooling has been challenging, and not something I ever anticipated for 2020 or 2021.

New working ways of wearing full PPE and taking weekly covid tests have all become natural and just I guess the normal to us now working in care.

I would like to say a massive thank you for the people who made us our scrubs, headbands (these were a life saver at the beginning 🙌) especially in the hot weather. For the love of scrubs and Helping with Headbands. They have been a consistent to support to us throughout the pandemic.

A thank you too to the community and the company for the tokens of good will and gifts to keep us going. Some of these tokens were pamper packs from the Ellie Star foundation, fresh fruit and veg from Tallington farm shop, and isolation packages from Morrison’s and the Stamford Covid SOS group.

But the biggest shout out goes to us all at Wight care at home, for the girls support and regular check ins, we have become tighter as a team and that is because we are FAMILY xx

Written by Nicola Vickovic

Care Ambassador