A CARER from Crewe has been named the ‘Angel of the Year’ at a prestigious awards ceremony after being nominated by the widow of her former patient.

Emma Harrison, from Care UK’s Station House care home in Crewe, has been nominated for the award for her humour, professionalism and patience.

The award is given to the carer who goes the extra mile to provide the best possible care for their patients.

Vera Burrows, who nominated Emma, praised the Crewe carer for somehow managing to tend to her husband’s needs despite only being to utter the words ‘go go go’, due to suffering a stroke.

She said: "Emma always knew or quickly discovered what he wanted to say. She did this with professional commitment and a sense of humour which dovetailed nicely with his highly-developed sense of seeing the funny side of things.

"It is so special for me to know that Emma received this award following Jack’s death on the October 25. My sadness is that he did not get to know she had won.

"Whilst always approaching Jack empathetically, Emma was never condescending and tried to develop and maintain Jack’s independence.

"She challenged him constructively but was sensitive to the situations in which he needed help and always provided this readily."

The award was presented at Care UK’s Residential Care Services awards dinner at the Heythrop Park resort on Thursday November 20.

Emma, who has worked at Station House for 11 years, said after the ceremony: “I love my work and I am really thrilled to be given this award.

"What makes it so special is that I have a lasting memory of Jack and I’m so please I did him proud. Jack will be looking down on me now with the biggest smile.

"His family are absolutely thrilled that I received this award."

Judge Belinda Moore, Care UK’s Director of Marketing, said: "We all know that we would want absolutely the best care possible for our own relatives, and Emma is an example of this kind of dedication in action.

"She richly deserves this award and I am delighted that we can celebrate with her."