I am currently trying to get the CQC interested a solution that we have developed that will stop dementia residents wandering in and out of each others rooms and the attendant problems it poses. Although the CQC cannot endorse any particular product they could offer practical support.
Typical problems are:
1 Loss of privacy.
2 'Borrowing' items.
3 Residents who are bed ridden.
The first two items may be controlled by residents themselves but the third item cannot.
One potentially serious problem was a resident who took some chocolate biscuits from another resident's room. This in itself may not have been a problem but it the resident who took the biscuits was a diabetic or had a dietary problem then this could have been serious.
I would like to find out what the relatives of residents feel about the importance of these issues and finding a solution?
Typical problems are:
1 Loss of privacy.
2 'Borrowing' items.
3 Residents who are bed ridden.
The first two items may be controlled by residents themselves but the third item cannot.
One potentially serious problem was a resident who took some chocolate biscuits from another resident's room. This in itself may not have been a problem but it the resident who took the biscuits was a diabetic or had a dietary problem then this could have been serious.
I would like to find out what the relatives of residents feel about the importance of these issues and finding a solution?