Social Care CLE Guide

Gail Howard

Registered Manager, Lakeside Care Home

Gail started her journey as an unpaid personal carer. She then went to study nursing and worked part time in a care home as a student as well as undertaking her various placements. After qualifying Gail worked in a variety of settings which included palliative care, working with young adults with challenging behaviours and complex needs such as drugs, alcohol, Huntington’s disease and learning disabilities. In her current role in adult nursing care she works with individuals with complex clinical care needs such as those with motor neuron disease, strokes, Parkinson’s, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, and dementia.