Teresa Aristodemou, founder and chief executive of Aspect Living Foundation (ALF), has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the King’s Birthday Honours selection for services for older people in Suffolk.
She forged links with local hospitals, healthcare providers, and councils, and after six months of hard work, the fledgling charity took over running Meals on Wheels Suffolk in May 2018.
Six years later, the service has delivered its 750,000th meal, and now serves 450 elderly and vulnerable clients in their own homes, receiving daily visits and often freeing up hospital beds.
In 2021 Ms Aristodemou set up Hospital to Home, a scheme that takes donations, which finance meals, allowing hospitals to discharge patients early, in the knowledge they will receive a daily health check and hot meal, helping to ease pressure on the NHS.
She said: “It’s about supporting the elderly and vulnerable in their homes, keeping them independent, and also supporting loved ones and next-of-kin, so they know there is someone there for them”.
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