Care home adviser in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset – Tony Wintrip

Tony joined Carehome Selection as an adviser in 2001 after more than 30 years working for West Midlands Police in Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall.

Much of his work was as a manager of Traffic Patrols and included liaison work with families bereaved or traumatised as a result of road accidents.

After joining Carehome Selection, Tony was promoted to co-ordinator in 2004, overseeing a team of seven advisers and liaising with local hospitals. In June 2008, Tony took over the management of the Carehome Selection head office in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.

Tony is often the first person that many callers will speak to and he is able give them assurance that a member of our team will take ownership of their problem and provide the advice, guidance and research they need to choose the best care setting for their relative.

“I am privileged and proud to be part of an organisation whose ethos is to help people who are often going through an immense personal trauma.

“Having gone through this process with a member of my own family, I know only too well how the prospect of moving into a care home can affect the individual and family members.

“Taking the immediate anxiety away from people often gives them a great sense of relief and allows them to focus on other more important tasks while we get on with the job of researching homes.”