Vida COURT - Meet the team

Harlow Carr

Tracy is responsible for the day to day operations at Vida Court, overseeing the Housekeeping, Laundry and Maintenance teams. She has worked in a care home environment for the past seven years in both residential and dementia care settings. Her role ensures smooth running of the home, allowing Sharon to focus on maintaining excellent standards of care.

Terri has over 40 years experience of working as a Nurse in the NHS. During the last 14 years Terri has worked in the role as Community Matron., this involved caring for patients in all settings across the community. Terri has studied at Degree and Masters level, enabling her to both diagnose and prescribe medications within her competency levels. Terri is the Clinical Development Lead across Vida Healthcare and works closely with the Nurses and House Managers.

Arron is a qualified as Registered Mental Health Nurse and joined Vida Healthcare in 2013. Arron has recently been the House Manager and has now transitioned into his new role as Quality Assurance Manager. With many years’ of experience in the care sector and Arron is passionate about the delivery of quality dementia care. Vida’s ethos of care focuses on quality throughout every aspect of our service and Arron's role involves promoting the highest possible standards. Arron supports the Home Manager's and care teams to ensure the highest quality standards are met in the delivery of care.

Theresa attended Art School before becoming a Mental Health Nurse and has managed several projects, all with a focus on the behavioural models of care and support. Theresa’s role at Vida is to train staff about person-centred approaches to dementia. Theresa won ‘Care Trainer of the year 2015’ in the Yorkshire Great British Care Awards. Theresa runs the Family Support Network and also works directly with residents using Art, Music and Puppetry to engage them .

Gabi joined Vida Healthcare in January 2017 as a Team Leader. Gabi has almost 15 years of experience in care and has achieved her NVQ Level 2 and 3 in Health and Social Care. Gabi has also completed a Leadership and Management course since joining Vida. Gabi is passionate about Dementia care and working with the elderly.
Gabi became Roster Co-ordinator in 2020 and the role is to ensure adequate staffing and the right level of skill mix on every shift on all houses in order to provide the highest level of care for our residents. Her previous care experience, dedication and good people skills are helping Gabi achieve this.

Ella studied Level 3 Business and Administration as an apprenticeship with the NHS after leaving high school. Ella has always had a passion for administration and providing excellent customer service. Ella started working for Vida Healthcare in October 2020 as a Care Assistant and is now the Receptionist for Vida Court. Ella is an enthusiastic individual and has a friendly and warm manner.

Helen is an experienced Programme Manager and Registered Health Care Professional. With 35 years' experience of working in the field of Continuous Quality Improvement at a national and local level in the pre-hospital, hospital, community health care and education sectors. Helen's aim across all service areas is to ensure a clear focus on clinical leadership and a robust evidence base to deliver positive outcomes. Helen has a Masters in Business Administration.

Emma joined the Vida Healthcare team in August 2018. Emma graduated Long Island University in New York with a BSc in Business Management and Marketing and brings experience of Digital Marketing and Communications to the team. Emma helps to position Vida Healthcare as the UK’s leader in dementia care.