{"id":588567,"date":"2026-05-17T06:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588567\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T06:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:49:43","slug":"care-home-worker-recognised-with-mayor-of-poole-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/588567\/","title":{"rendered":"Care home worker recognised with Mayor of Poole award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Mirela Toma, activities lead at Elizabeth House care home in Poole, won the Individual Contribution Award at the Mayor of Poole\u2019s awards ceremony, held at St James Church.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Councillor Mark Howell, Mayor of Poole, said: &#8220;I\u2019ve visited Elizabeth House a few times over the past year and I am incredibly impressed by Mirela&#8217;s enthusiasm for the role.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Toma, who was joined at the ceremony by a resident and colleagues from the Care South-run home, said the award was an honour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Mirela Toma presented with the Individual Contribution Award by the Mayor of Poole and Sheriff of Poole (Image: Care South)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She said: &#8220;Helping our residents to have fun and keep enjoying their hobbies, while having the opportunity to try new things is something that brings me great joy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s a privilege to be part of such a wonderful team, and to share so many special moments with our residents.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Toma leads a varied programme of activities, events, and community partnerships at the Poole care home, and has worked in several other roles with Care South over the past decade.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Donna Moss, home manager, praised her dedication and impact.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She said: &#8220;We are incredibly proud of Mirela whose caring nature, dedication and passion for our residents\u2019 happiness shines through in everything she does.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Elizabeth House, located on Dolbery Road South, provides residential, respite, and dementia care.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Care South is a leading provider of high quality residential and care at home services across the south of England.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For more information about Care South, visit its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mirela Toma, activities lead at Elizabeth House care home in Poole, won the Individual Contribution Award at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-588567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}