Our Oak Barn Homecare & Cleaning Story
Our beloved Dad, Enos, was a very hardworking man who carried his heart on his sleeve. He met our beautiful mom Irene in his early 20s, and they got married soon after. They married young. They went on to have 7 beautiful children.
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Do you bring your own equipment and supplies?
Yes, we do. Our cleaning team arrives fully equipped for a thorough deep cleaning service, ensuring your space is impeccably cleaned and refreshed. Our homacare stuff also come fully equiped with Personal Protective Equipment ( PPE) in order to safeguard our homecare clients.
What do you love most about your job?
The fact that we bring peace of mind and making life easier for our clients.
What inspired you to start your own business?
Our Oak Barn Homecare & Cleaning Story
Our beloved Dad, Enos, was a very hardworking man who carried his heart on his sleeve. He met our beautiful mom Irene in his early 20s, and they got married soon after. They married young. They went on to have 7 beautiful children. When our father was in his early 30’s, he started having minor strokes leading to major ones in his 40’s. Our father went on from being the main breadwinner (who was a head of HR in one the leading 5-star hotels + owning a couple of Fish and Chips shops) to being dependent on our mom for all his personal daily needs. It was painful. We were devastated. Not only did we had to adjust seeing our once independent “go-getter” father change into a former shell of himself, but we also lost our hero, too.
Despite receiving rehabilitation with the physiotherapist, he never regained his “old self” again. Sadly, he lost his dear life at the age of 54 (following pneumonia secondary to major stroke complications). It was devastating for all of us including our mother who was her main carer.
Following our father’s passing, we started reflecting on how things could have turned out. If only we could turn back time, we could have managed our father’s care differently. Our dearest mom would have benefited with respite care so that she can get some relief from looking after our beloved father. We were young and naïve. We were just mere student nurses who were carving out their life in their nursing journey.
The final nail to the coffin came about when we were treated “just like a number” (during Covid times) in our line of work as registered nurses and midwives by some nursing agencies and hospitals. We started questioning our purpose. We still wanted to give nursing care but in a different way. All we just wanted was to offer respite services to families who were going through the same experience as ourselves. It was our terrible experience from nursing agencies and hospitals combined with losing our beloved father that led us to create Oak Barn Homecare. We believe that if we treat our staff right, we will be able to deliver exceptional care to our clients (the same care that we would have wanted our father and mother to have).
Cleaning Services
We also added home cleaning services due to requests from our homecare clients who were fed up with professional cleaners doing a poor job and wanted to change them. All they wanted a good clean, so they didn't need to think about doing it themselves as they were totally drained. They wanted to make their lives easier, and their houses cleaned to a higher standard. Ever since then, it has become our mission to create a positive experience for our staff and our clients.
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Here's our professional experiences below:
Pat – is our Registered Manager who has experience of 21 years of working in Health care Sector in both private and the NHS (including combined experience of 4 years as a Health Care Assistant; 20 years as a registered Adult Nurse and 16 years as a Registered Midwife with Community and Management experience). Pat also holds PBICSc Membership following her training from British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICS) thereby upholding safe and cleaning standards.
Ethel : is a registered Midwife and Adult Nurse with 21 years’ experience of working in the health care sector in both private and the NHS ( with combined experience of 4 years as a Health Care Assistant, 19 years as an Adult Nurse and 16 years as a Midwife), with clinical, community and management experience.
Alister Cook: is our Co-Founder and Business Manager with combined experience of 20 years in the Quarry Mining Field Work and Hospitality Management experience. He likes to spend his quality time walking in open fields with is his beloved dog, Dyson.
We believe that our experience will help you in getting peace of mind knowing that your loved ones are well-taken care of. Book us to get peace of mind.
Why should our clients choose you?
Why our cleaning services?
Our client that we used to provide homecare services (provided personal care and compression stockings for her legs) requested for deep cleaning services of her house. JR’s daughter lived more than an hour’s drive from her house and was not able to come and help her mom with her house cleaning. Here is what JR said to us:
“A professional cleaning service did a poor job, leaving my home not adequately cleaned, with noticeable dirt, dust, missed areas, or other issues. I am not happy with my current service provider because they have poor attention to detail, do not communicate and do not follow agreed cleaning task. I do not want my daughter to clean after them when she comes to see me”.
So we wanted to make a difference in her life.
Can you provide your services online or remotely? If so, please add details.
Face to face
Online for counselling and emotional support too
What changes have you made to keep your customers safe from Covid-19?
We incorporated Personal Protective Equipment and engaged in staff training. We also promoted infection control to our service users and their families as well.
Personal care
Assistance with washing and dressing
Assistance with bathing and showering including bed baths
Assistance with personal grooming e.g applying makeup, hair care, shaving
Support with application of compression hosiery
Support with incontinence care
Meal preparation and assistance with eating and drinking
Applying creams and lotions
Supervising medication
Assist with rising from bed
Assist with returning to bed
Support moving position in bed, to stretch and prevent bedsores,
Changing or maintaining a stoma or catheter bag
Housework services
Deep Cleaning
Provide light housework
Dusting and vacuuming
Collect prescriptions
Changes of bed linen
Washing and ironing
Meal preparations
Check food stocks and expiry dates
Assist with shopping
Care of indoor plants
Help with pet care
Metre readings
Befriending services
Offer conversation
Social interaction
Stimulate mental awareness
Reminisce about the past
Accompany on shopping trips, outings or visits
Accompany to lunch or dinner
Assist with entertaining
Help with travel arrangements
Escort to appointments
Running errands
Respite Services
Emergency respite services
Rapid response
Short term break
Live in Care services
For clients who need more intensive support and wish to remain in their own home.
A live-in care package will be tailored to meet clients’ with carers providing one to one
support for 24 hours a day.
This service will include a combination of social and personal care to meet individual needs.
We aim to provide live-in care services across the U.K to Social Services clients, Continuing
Healthcare Group clients as well as Private clients.
Sleep-in Night Services
This service provides short spells of respite care to serve users in their own home.
This care will be provided by fully trained Care Support Workers.
Waking Night Services
The Night Sitting Service will include staying with clients, supervising and maintaining safety throughout the whole night.
Tasks will depend on client’s needs, whether practical or
personal.
