Meet the Adlington Manor Care Home team

I qualified as a Registered Mental Health Nurse in 2006 with 11 years previous experience as a care assistant. I began my career with Barchester Healthcare as a RMN, progressed to unit manager and am currently the deputy manager here at Adlington. My role is to support the general manager in planning, directing and delivering a high standard of person-centred care, along with the day-to-day running of the home. I live locally with my family and enjoy walking and a good bottle of red wine.

I have been a registered mental health nurse since 2012, and have worked as a unit manager on the Memory Lane community at Adlington since 2015. I pride myself on having a real passion for ensuring the highest quality of care is delivered to the residents we care for, and enriching their daily lives by providing person-centred care. 

Tanya has worked at Adlington Manor for over 25 years and is responsible for supporting staff, relatives and families with the administration and financial running of the home. Tanya works closely with the General Manager to ensure that every task is completed for the efficient running of the home.

Tanya is the heartbeat of the administration team, helping create the amazing homely atmosphere as soon as you enter the home.

With a background as a trained chef with various City & Guild qualifications in catering, Tanya progressed in the company to attain a Degree in Business Management.

I joined the activities team at Adlington Manor in May 2017. Previously, I have worked as a tree surgeon and have had heavy involvement with the Guides and Brownies. I love participating in activities with residents, whether that's by driving the minibus on trips outside the home, or by engaging in themed days.

I am passionate about my role and especially the challenge of coming up with new ways to engage as many residents as possible in our activities here. 

Activities make up the most important part of all our days and at Barchester we ensure a variety that reflects the interests and capabilities of all the people we support. We have specialist activities staff and volunteers at all our homes and an expectation that as many staff as possible will get involved in activities work on a group and an individual level.

All group and individual activity is designed to not only mentally and physically stimulate the people we care for but to enhance their life skills and feelings of purpose and self-worth.

Hi, my name is Alfie, and I am the head chef here at Adlington Manor.

Orginally from the Philippines, I have worked here since 2011, starting as a kitchen assistant and working my way up to second chef, and now head chef. I finished my NVQ 2 Level 2 in Hospitality & Catering Principles in 2018.

I love my job, as I think that it is all about dedication and having a genuine passion for doing what is best for the residents. Our food is all homemade by our team, and we pride ourselves on our abilities to produce wonderful meals that the residents love to eat. Our team is passionate about food, and if the menu choices are not to residents' tastes, we always happy to make something alternative.

My team and I enjoy carrying out all the demanding maintenance duties that this colourful home throws at us daily. It is sometimes challenging, but always rewarding. Maintenance is paramount when it comes to our residents, relatives and colleagues, and my role is to keep the home environment to the highest standards possible, ultimately creating a safe and warm place for our residents to live and my colleagues to work.

I also manage and deal with contractors, keeping records up-to-date for our audits. 

Head Housekeeper, Heather Finlow, leads the housekeeping team here at Adlington Manor, who have almost 50 years combined experience.

Heather and her team are responsible for maintaining Barchester’s high standards of cleanliness & tidiness, whilst still keeping a homely atmosphere in a building full of character.

She also oversees the smooth running of a full laundry service for those we support.