Ashridge Home Care Ltd

Trudi has more than 30 years of experience in the care sector and set up Ashridge Home Care in 2017. She is a passionate believer that there is an alternative to going into a residential home and wants to enable everyone to remain in their own homes for as long as possible. Trudi has an energy commitment and a ‘never say no’ attitude reflected in several roles outside of AHC – she’s a board member of two Buckinghamshire-based charities – The Princes Centre in Princes Risborough and The Heart of Bucks charity.

Trudi has several industry awards to her name and was most recently named Outstanding Individual by the renowned Home Care Awards judges.

Agata joined the Ashridge Home Care Team in February 2020 as Care Manager and has recently been promoted to Care Services Manager in 2023. She is responsible for making sure that our new clients have the best possible customer journey and that their care is tailored to suit their individual need. Her attention to details makes sure that we deliver the best possible standard of care.

Having studied clinical psychology at University in Poland Agata started her career as a carer and then worked in a nursing home before becoming assistant manager at a care home. She has a caring background through and through.

Catherine is a highly experienced care professional having worked in the care sector since 2008. Her background as a Care Manager and more recently Regional Manager for a national care company gives her a solid foundation to lead the team at Ashridge Home Care. Catherine gains great job satisfaction from knowing that her work is making a huge difference to someone’s quality of life.

Working with a group of like-minded individuals is a real driver for her and she is committed to achieving high-quality standards. Her role as Operations Manager will give her oversight of both clients and carers, she enjoys the variety this brings to her day. Catherine will be taking over as the registered manager for the Care Quality Commission so she is responsible for ensuring all systems and procedures are compliant with the CQC.

Catherine lives with her partner locally and is a keen runner, training for marathons and other races.

Emma holds a key role at Head Office, as our Visiting Care Manager Emma manages the schedules of the visiting carers and makes sure our clients receive the best possible care.

Emma does a brilliant job at making sure the right person visits each client. Emma ensures there is consistency of care provided to our clients and works closely with the team to ensure all training courses are compliant and are on hand to support the carers in any queries and concerns they may have.

Chloe joined the Ashridge team full-time as our Care Administrator in the summer of 2020.

She studied health and social care and has always had an ambition to work in the care sector. Chloe’s role focuses on recruiting live-in and visiting carers. She is also responsible for ensuring that all new carers’ paperwork is compliant and their training is up to date.

But that’s not all, Chloe also has hands-on care experience working as a visiting carer for a few additional hours each week. She visits clients regularly in Amersham and Prestwood helping with dinner time and helping them with the bedtime routine. She is helping to rehabilitate one client after she’d had a stroke and as well as doing physio, they go on walks in the countryside together.

Chloe spends her spare time walking her Golden Retriever Dudley and loves a good book.

We are delighted to welcome Susie Long, who joined Ashridge as our new trainer. Susie brings extensive experience from the care sector, having worked for many years in various care settings both as a registered manager and as a trainer. She delivers high-quality training to all our staff, making sure that they meet our high standards.

We’re thrilled to have her on board and are confident that she will continue to deliver exceptional training to our staff.

Susie lives in Chesham with her husband and two children. We’re excited to have her as part of our team!

Debbie joined Ashridge Home Care as a Care Manager to support Agata in her busy role. Debbie has over 6 years of experience as a live-in carer so has the perfect first-hand knowledge of what it means to be a carer. She has recently achieved a Level 3 Apprenticeship in Lead Adult Care and also completed a Level 2 Diploma in End of Life Care, both of which are an excellent foundation for her role as Care Manager.

Debbie lived in Greece for over 30 years where she taught English as a foreign language to school children. When she moved back to the UK, she retrained as a care worker. She mainly supported individuals living with dementia, which raised her own interest in the need for promoting dementia awareness. She is a Dementia Friend and shares the Ashridge vision that it is the little things that make the biggest difference. Debbie is always ready to go above and beyond to support our clients and their families.

Debbie was brought up in Beaconsfield and now lives in Amersham and knows the area well. She loves to spend her free time with her two children or visiting friends and enjoys walking, visiting places of interest and intends to do more travelling in the future.

Meet Lauren the person in our team who new staff talk to first. Lauren’s background is in the recruitment sector and she has a wealth of experience recruiting people into roles that require skill and a high level of compliance.

Lauren has a great passion for our industry and she uses her experience to attract the best possible carers to the company. Lauren works alongside our care management team to make sure that our staff have the very best experience when they join our team.

Lauren lives in Bovingdon with her husband and two sons, and as a dedicated family woman, she brings great energy and enthusiasm to both our team and the office.

Jane is a kind-hearted live in carer at Ashridge Home Care , she lives with a lovely lady in Buckinghamshire who is in the later stages of dementia, making sure she is well cared for and happy. Each day is different, “every morning we get up and I have to see where we are for the day either on holiday or maybe back in hospital. But I start every day by working out where we are and go along with her story to ensure she stays calm and happy.” So life is varied but her overriding priority is that her client has an enjoyable time, be that doing her nails or hair, whilst also maintaining the important routines like regular medication and personal hygiene.

Sue has been a part-time visiting carer with Ashridge for 4 years. She began working with just one client doing 4-6 hours a week, but has gradually increased her visiting clients and looks after four different families now all with varying needs and requirements.
Sue loves the variety and flexibility that being a visiting carer gives her. All her work is undertaken locally so she avoids lots of driving between visits and her radius limit enables her to fit her work easily around her main love in life, her dogs and horses. During the darker winter months, she alters her visit times to ensure her outdoor work with the animals is done in daylight hours.

Sue has developed a strong bond with her clients and loves working with them on a regular basis, helping them develop and thrive. As well as supporting individuals Sue also enables live-in carers to take a break and helps them in situations with clients that might need support getting in and out of the bath or being lifted into bed. She has a great bond with other carers as well as the people she looks after.

Abbi's role is all about community! She helps us to build stronger connections within the community where we work. She has over 20 years of experience in relationship management and is a great representative for Ashridge, fostering partnerships, enhancing community outreach, and driving impactful initiatives that benefit our local community.

Abbi is an animal fanatic with a home filled with dogs cats and horses. She looks after her vast family including three teenagers and relaxes with cooking and baking or a good book.