POET Robert Ilson is so pleased with the care he receives from the home care team at Walfinch Hampstead and Camden that he has written a poem, entitled CREDO – and won first prize in the operator’s poetry competition.
Robert is a lexicographer who is skilled in the study of words and a compiler of dictionaries. He has been Poet Laureate of Budgens Belsize Park, is Poet Laureate of the Belsize Community Library and regularly has his poems published in the Hampstead and Highgate Express.
CREDO
It isn’t just the shopping, cooking, cleaning
That makes our clients happy: it’s the smile
Our carers really mean that can beguile
The downcast into feeling better – weaning
Them gently back into full adultness
From cosy infancy that seems so good
– Provided there’s no trial to be withstood –
To taking proper pride in their success.
But don’t think that is all mere airy-fairy
There’s hard work to be done to dress them well
To deal with all their needs in parallel,
To keep them mobile – even the unwary –
To treat each like you: a body housing a mind.
Maybe Holistic’s another name for kind.
Daniela Miteva, office manager and recruitment at Walfinch Hampstead and Camden, said: “Robert has written this beautiful poem reflecting his experiences and feelings about the care he receives, and we are delighted to share it. Everyone in the team at Walfinch Hampstead and Camden is thrilled to be so appreciated.”
