Meet the Balclutha Court Care Home Team

Julie began her career here at Balclutha Court as a newly qualified Staff Nurse in 1995. She was promoted through the years, first becoming Sister, then Senior Sister and then finally becoming Deputy Manager. Julie is responsible for assisting the General Manager in the daily running of the home and is a great support to Alison.

Julie lives at home with her partner, daughter, she met her partner within Balclutha Court a good number of years ago when he worked here as a Carer. Julie loves her family time, reading a good book and girlie days out with her daughter.     

Angelica started working at Balclutha Court in September 2013 as a Staff Nurse, and was promoted to Senior Staff Nurse in October 2019. She is responsible for ensuring a high standard of care is delivered to the residents.

Angelica is originally from the Philippines and has two gorgeous grown up children. Angelica is happily married and lives with her husband Billy, and Toffee, their beloved cat! Angelica has many hobbies, including handbag shopping, cooking and baking, watching films and listening to music. She also shares the love of travel with her husband—they are always off on their travels.

Heather trained at Stirling University and qualified in 1997. She first started working in Balclutha Court as a newly qualified staff Nurse. She was promoted to Charge Nurse in 2002. She is responsible for ensuring a high standard of care is delivered to the residents. In the absence of the General Manager, she ensures the home runs smoothly.

Heather’s hobbies are reading a good book, being creative around the house and gardening.

Brenda is our Charge Nurse on the night shift. She came to Balclutha in June 2019 and is responsible for ensuring that a high standard of care is delivered to the residents.

Brenda has three daughters and lives at home with the two youngest. She enjoys having girly nights with them along with her mum and sister. She loves spending quality time with her partner and his son, even though they make her walk up big hills and mountains. Family and friends are really important to Brenda.

Sita was recruited by the home in 2001 from Guyana as a Staff Nurse she was then promoted to Charge Nurse. She is responsible for ensuring a high standard of care is delivered to the residents. In the absence of the General Manager she ensures the home runs smoothly.

Sita loves spending time with her family, especially her Granddaughter. She also likes to return home to Guyana to be with her family and visit her sisters in Canada and New York. Her hobbies include relaxing at home and having “me time”, socialising with her friends and dining out.

Rhona is the Administrator at the Home. She assists the manager with all aspects of the administration and finance within the home. Rhona started her career at Balclutha Court in 2000.

Rhona is married with two beautiful children, they often pop in to say hello to the residents and staff. Her family life keeps her extremely busy trying to balance work and kids activities. Rhona is a great music fan, she also enjoys walking, reading and spending quality time with her friends and family.

Karen Dillon is our Head of Activities and has worked within the home since 2005, starting out as a Carer. Karen is very outgoing and full of fun. She has many hobbies, with arts & crafts being her favourite, and her passion for this can be seen in our life enrichment programme.

Karen is supported by Kay Millar and Anita Marsh, between them they ensure that residents are happy and have loads of fun.

They are very keen to involve the residents in the decision making within the home to enhance their experience. They take part in the residents' meetings, catering forums and assist the General Manager in interviewing new staff members.

Gerry started work at Balclutha Court in 2012 as an Assistant Chef, in early 2019 he was promoted to Head Chef. He is responsible the daily running of the kitchen, ensuring that residents nutritional needs are met, providing a varied menu. He is also responsible for ensuring that there are high standards of cleanliness throughout the kitchen. Gerry’s team consist of two Assistant Chefs and five Kitchen Assistants.

Peter started as Head of Maintenance at Balclutha Court in September 2021.   Peter is responsible for ensuring that the home and all its equipment are maintained to a high standard to ensure a comfortable and safe environment for the residents and staff.  Peter never stops! Nothing is a bother and everything is done with a smile.

He has so much time for the residents and always there to lend a helping hand!   Peter loves spending time with his grandkids at the weekend and loves his holidays.

Liz started at Balclutha Court in 1999 as a Domestic Assistant and was promoted to Housekeeper in 2008. Liz is responsible for ensuring high standards of cleanliness within the home and managing her team of four laundry assistants and five domestic assistants.

Liz is very family orientated, spending a lot of her time away from work with her grown up son, his wife & her young grandchildren. She enjoys going for long walks, reading and going holidays abroad.

Anne is part time Admin Assistant, assisting the Administrator in the finance and the administration of the home. Anne started working at Balclutha Court in 1992 and since then she has become someone everyone knows and loves to speak to. She is always happy and bubbly, you will always find her this way. She can multitask, answer the phone, count money, solve a staff members problem and have a full conversation with a resident all at the same time!!! Anyone who visits the home always gets a kind word.

Anne has two daughters and four grandchildren, they play a huge part in her life and when she is not at work she keeps herself busy spending time with the children. Anne’s hobbies are shopping, especially for unusual jewellery (you always know what to get her for a present) and reading, she often tells us of the latest romance story that she has been reading. She also loves to dress up and join in with the activities in the home. 

Jill is part time Admin Assistant, assisting the Administrator in the finance and the administration of the home, she also covered when the Administrator was off on maternity leave. She has been with the home since 2004, starting when she was only a young girl of 18.

Jill is happily married and lives at home with her husband and their daughter. Her hobbies include reading a good book, socialising and travel.   

Fiona takes an active part in our life enrichment programme and the homes resident forum. Fiona is the voice of the resident group and as an Ambassador will meet with our residents to find out their values, feedback and any ideas for  improvement. Fiona will also take part in the recruitment process by being part of the interview panel and plays an important part in introducing new residents to the home.

Stacey started working at Balclutha Court in November 2008 and has progressed through several different roles from care assistant to senior care assistant and now as a care practitioner She is responsible for ensuring a high standard of care is delivered to the residents.

Stacey has a young son and an adorable Pug they love to go on adventures together. She enjoys holidays abroad, socialising with friends & family and listening to music.  

We are delighted to introduce, Carolyn our hairdresser who visits the home weekly to wave her magic in styling our residents hair.

We are delighted to introduce, Jackie our hairdresser who visits the home weekly to wave her magic in styling our residents hair.

Introducing our in house Chiropodist, Caroline Murray who comes in weekly to our residents for a Foot Health Check – Caroline has been attending Balclutha for long time and had a great relationship with our residents.