QUEENSBURGH Cheshire Home has provided a safe, caring and supportive environment for its residents living with disabilities for the past 62 years. The home was started with the aim of assisting people with disabilities and providing them with a secure environment where they could live with dignity and care.

Today, Queensburgh Cheshire Home is home to 18 residents with various disabilities and continues to operate according to a set of values centred on love, compassion, empathy and integrity.

“We provide a loving and family environment with a culture and values of love, compassion, empathy and integrity,” said home manager Dino Daniel.

The most rewarding aspect of the work, according to Daniel, is seeing residents participate in activities and take an active role in the life of the organisation.

“Most rewarding is seeing our residents with disabilities smile, take active roles in our fetes and open days, doing crafts and other activities and being a family unit,” he said.

Residents are supported by caregiving staff as well as nursing personnel, ensuring their needs are attended to around the clock.

“We care for persons with disabilities of all types,” explained Daniel. “We have a full-time day-shift nurse and night-shift nurse together with caregivers.”

Despite its long history and important role in the community, the home faces ongoing challenges, particularly around transport and the cost of running the facility.

“One of our biggest challenges currently is requiring a bus to transport our residents to hospital, clinics and outings, as well as provisions for the home,” said the home manager.

While the home receives some financial assistance, Daniel said it is not enough to meet its substantial operating costs. “We do receive a small funding which barely covers our utility bills, which are huge, and rely on the support of our donors and community.”

He expressed the home’s appreciation for the support it already receives from residents of the surrounding community and various organisations.

“We do get support from our local community and various organisations. We can definitely do with more support,” the home said.

Among the needs identified by the organisation is access to physiotherapy services, with the home appealing to physiotherapists to volunteer their time to assist residents. “A physiotherapist is needed who can donate their time as well,” said Daniel.

Contact  031 708 4747 to assist.

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