At Templeton House Care Home, we are a team of dedicated individuals who all share the same goal of providing high-quality, compassionate care. We strive to create strong relationships with all who live and work at Templeton House to ensure that our staff, residents, and their loved ones feel respected and valued.
Donna has worked in the private healthcare sector for over 15 years and started her journey as a care assistant. She quickly realised her passion for caring for the elderly and went on to achieve a BSC in adult nursing, graduating from University of West of Scotland in 2010. Donna has always worked in care homes since qualifying and has been in home management for over 4 years now. It is her belief that behind every good manager is a good team, and if the team are happy it will transpire throughout the home creating both a positive working environment for the team but also an environment where residents choose to live, and relatives are comfortable leaving their loved ones. Donna and her team at Templeton House strive to ensure that our residents receive outcome focussed care in a warm and friendly environment allowing them to embrace real quality of life.
Graham qualified in 2017 in adult nursing from UWS Ayr Campus. Since then he has always worked in the private care home sector. This has become a passion of his while on placements with the district nurse and wanting to do more for the individuals he visited to ensure they had the best outcome and quality of life. Before staring his role as deputy manager at Templeton, he worked for one of our sister homes as a charge nurse.
Charlie has been a chef for over 43 years with experience of working in a variety of hotels, restaurants and offshore. Charlie has been at Templeton House now for 2 years and thoroughly enjoys his job creating delicious meals for the residents.
Sharlene joined the Templeton team in November 2022 and takes care of all administrative procedures within the home. Prior to starting this role, she spent many years in admin and hospitality roles gaining the skills, which she puts to good use to help the residents and team form a happy home.
Eric qualified in 2016 as a nurse in Ghana. He joined Templeton in July 2022 to become a staff nurse in Kintyre Suite. Eric’s choice to become a nurse was because of an accident he had when he was a young boy. During a stay in hospital, the love and care he got from the nurses while in made him want to be able to offer that same care and compassion that he received to others.
Angela joined Templeton House almost 3 years ago, initially as a care assistant and has quickly progressed through the ranks into a team leader role. Angela enjoys working at Templeton House because of the positive attitude of the team and how this reflects in the care that the wonderful residents receive. She loves that there is always lots of activities for the residents, which her and the team are happy to join in with, and the residents teach her a lot along the way.
Helen joined Templeton House in February 2022, she really enjoys her job and loves doing all kinds of activities with the residents and team. Prior to starting, Helen worked for the local authority for over 15 years. Helen takes pride in her work and is very happy to be a member of staff at Templeton House Care Home.
Adele’s hairdressing career started 40 years ago when leaving school, she then went on to own her own salon until starting her family. When her son started school Adele returned to education and gained a level 2&3 in Social and Residential Care and an HNC in Social Care. This then led Adele on to work in various roles within the care sector over 25 years and she has now returned to hairdressing within Templeton House. This role allows Adele to use her all her skills and knowledge gained to ensure the residents in Templeton House have a holistic experience when visiting the salon.
Morag joined Templeton House in November 2020 and really enjoys her job, taking pride in what she does every day. Morag loves that Templeton House is a happy home with lovely residents and team.
James is the maintenance operative at Templeton House and my job is to keep the building fabrics, fittings and equipment in good working order and condition. Before coming to Templeton House, James worked in several different job roles with care home settings over the last 5 years. James is a painter and decorator to trade and love that he can continue to use his skills in his current role. James loves working here and getting to know and spend time with all the residents.
Christine enjoys working at Templeton House and has been part of the team for 4 years. She loves that no two days are ever the same and the versatility of her role. Christine particularly enjoys interacting with the residents and welcoming their families into the home.
