Aura Care Living has appointed Richard Scarth as chief operations officer and Colleen Joubert as care home general manager.

Aura has sites in Cirencester in Gloucestershire and Camberley in Surrey.

Scarth has more than 20 years’ experience within the health and social care sector and previously held senior positions with Sunrise Senior Living, Barchester Healthcare and Care UK. Between 2015 and 2022 he worked in the NHS at director and chief executive level and was instrumental in developing schemes to support patients moving from acute care into residential and nursing care. Most recently, he left the NHS for an operational role within a fire and rescue service and currently splits his time between life on shift and time spent working for Aura.

Scarth said: “My greatest passion as making a difference to people living with, and families affected by, memory loss and dementia.”

Joubert qualified as a nurse 28 years ago before going on to community nurse, midwife and psychiatric nurse.

She said: “My passion is palliative care; I truly believe that everyone deserves a dignified death. I’ve been a turnaround home manager for 17 years, assisting providers to receive good and outstanding outcomes for their homes. I enjoy the challenges of finding solutions for problems and ensuring that all staff are empowered to deliver the highest quality of care.”