Ivybank House Care Home, a 43-bed care home in Bath, has appointed Andrew Pow as care home manager. Andrew has over 35 years’ experience working within the care home sector in a variety of roles across residential, nursing, dementia and specialist mental health services.
A life-long carer, Andrew began his carer as an auxiliary nurse working at the Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline and the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. After five years Andrew realised that his passion lay in caring for older people, particularly those with dementia, and he moved to become a carer in a care home.
Working his way up, Andrew gained management experience as assistant and deputy head at care homes all over Scotland. His first care home manager job was at a 28-bed dementia unit in Bristol, where he established person-centered care as the home’s universal approach.
In Andrew’s new role as home manager at Ivybank House he will head up a team of over 35 dedicated employees providing a range of high-quality care services, including residential, dementia, respite and day care for residents. He will also oversee the home’s ongoing refurbishment programme.
Andrew Pow, Ivybank House Home Manager, said:
“I am delighted to have the opportunity to be Ivybank House’s new home manager. It is a beautiful home which rightly deserves its excellent local reputation for providing top-quality, personalised care.
“I am looking forward to leading this warm and friendly home into its exciting new phase and I am committed to ensuring that all residents at Ivybank will be treated with dignity and respect at all times. My goal is to provide the best quality of life possible for each individual and for them, and the caring team, to enjoy every day here.”
Ivybank House prides itself on providing the highest quality of care for older people and has a 9.8/10 rating on carehome.co.uk, the leading care home review site. It is also rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) across all five assessment criteria, ‘safe’, ‘effective’, ‘responsive’, ‘caring’ and ‘well-led.’