Hartford Care home manager delivers important CPR training in Ghana

Hartford Care’s Harlow Hall care home manager, Chris Ahenkorah, recently visited the eastern region of Ghana to deliver CPR training to schools alongside the NGO ATI Foundation and volunteer nurses.

Chris chose to support this project during his annual leave and delivered training to over 600 students across a primary school, three junior high schools and one secondary school. Hartford Care was proud to support Chris on his quest by providing two full-size CPR kits, along with donating nine laptops to the schools, the educational municipality office and the volunteer nurses for IT studies and future training.

Chris Ahenkorah, home manager at Hartford Care’s Harlow Hall care home in Aldershot, says:

“It was an incredible journey and a very rewarding experience. Since I began working in health and social care in the UK, it was always my plan to give back to my local community and my country, so to be able to pass on some of the knowledge and skills I have acquired is fantastic.”

The volunteer nurses will continue to deliver training to more students now that Chris is back in the UK, however he plans to return to Ghana later this year. He says:

“I’m looking forward to continuing the training as it’s a very important skill to have. CPR and other basic first aid training isn’t covered by the educational curriculum in Ghana, and it’s my goal to make a change to my roots.

“Every year, I work with the volunteers to offer this training, and so far, we’ve helped over 2,700 students.”

Harlow Hall offers dementia care, residential care, day care, respite care and end-of-life care across its 66 en suite bedrooms. A newly built home, it benefits from luxury resident amenities, including a Sky bar, in-house cinema and restaurant-style dining. It offers an abundance of natural light in its spacious rooms, along with several lounges, dining rooms, a bar and lifestyle kitchen, a salon, a shop and even a cinema. It also has a fully accessible and enclosed landscaped garden, with patio areas and sun terraces. Designed with sustainability in mind, Harlow Hall has many significant renewable energy elements, including solar panels, heat pumps and battery storage systems.

Hartford Care’s ethos is ‘Creating Caring Communities’; its philosophy of care is underpinned by creating communities that are friendly, kind and welcoming of everyone, caring for each other and celebrating individuality by recognising that everyone needs something different to thrive.

Hartford Care’s Central Support Team is based in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Established in 2003, its current care homes are in Bristol, Berkshire (Burnham and Maidenhead), Devon (Sidmouth), Dorset (Poole), Hampshire (Aldershot, Barton-on-Sea, Four Marks, Hythe, Portsmouth, Winchester and Woodlands), Isle of Wight (Bembridge, Ryde and Shanklin), Oxfordshire (Witney) and Wiltshire (Downton and Swindon). Two new homes in Alton and Southampton will also open their doors later this year.

For more information on Harlow Hall, 1 Ordnance Road, Aldershot, GU11 1TW, please call 0800 324 7911 or email: natalie.gosling@hartfordcare.co.uk