Lancashire Care Home Worker Raises Over £700 By Skydiving For Alzheimer’s Society
As part of World Alzheimer’s Month, Deputy Home Manager Adele Prescott who works at HC-One’s Westleigh Lodge Care Home in Leigh, Lancashire, completed a skydive to raise a total of £730 for Alzheimer’s Society.
On Friday 13th September, Adele journeyed to Tilstock Freefall Club in Whitchurch to take the leap. She was very nervous due to the date being Friday 13th!
The charity Adele chose is close to her heart due to her nan previously living with dementia and herself working in dementia care for the last 13 years at Westleigh Lodge nursing dementia care home. Adele was very close to her nan and cared for her nan for three years, before she moved into a care home.
Residents, families and fellow members of the team and local community sponsored Adele, many of whom have had loved ones personally affected by dementia or Alzheimer’s.
Adele Prescott, Deputy Home Manager at Westleigh Lodge Care Home remarked:
“Looking after my Nan inspired me to work in dementia care and I’ve now worked at Westleigh Lodge for 13 years! This is not just a job for me, it is a vocation.”
Home Manager at Westleigh Lodge Care Home, Christina Dale, commented:
“I am very proud of Adele she is such a special kind, and caring individual.
