(NOTE: my father will be partially self-funding, with the local authority picking up the rest)
After a long battle with social services, care angencies, etc, including many falls and yet another spell in hospital (nothing broken, thankfully!), I have finally won the war and Dad has been found a place in 2 different care homes!! I have to visit them this weekend so that he can be discharged and rehoused ASAP - likely to be before next weekend if he's accepted by the one I choose.
And I don't know what I'm doing! I've read the online stuff, including the latest CQC reports. I know I need to go and view and talk to the manager...but I don't know what I should be asking! Or looking FOR! What are the signs of a good home? A bad one? I know to look past decor, and I won't worry if anything's a little "well-loved", but how far past do I look?
Plus there's the questions that I feel a bit daft asking, but I am going in blind having never done this before... do they supply all the bedding? Towels? Rise-Recline chair in room? Shower chair? Wheelchair??
I'm going to wade through the previous care home choosing advice threads, but I don't have a lot of time before travelling on Sunday morning (I have to give an answer on Monday and I only heard about them today), so if anyone could give me pointers as to what I am supposed to be looking for, looking at, and asking, I would be most grateful!
After a long battle with social services, care angencies, etc, including many falls and yet another spell in hospital (nothing broken, thankfully!), I have finally won the war and Dad has been found a place in 2 different care homes!! I have to visit them this weekend so that he can be discharged and rehoused ASAP - likely to be before next weekend if he's accepted by the one I choose.
And I don't know what I'm doing! I've read the online stuff, including the latest CQC reports. I know I need to go and view and talk to the manager...but I don't know what I should be asking! Or looking FOR! What are the signs of a good home? A bad one? I know to look past decor, and I won't worry if anything's a little "well-loved", but how far past do I look?
Plus there's the questions that I feel a bit daft asking, but I am going in blind having never done this before... do they supply all the bedding? Towels? Rise-Recline chair in room? Shower chair? Wheelchair??
I'm going to wade through the previous care home choosing advice threads, but I don't have a lot of time before travelling on Sunday morning (I have to give an answer on Monday and I only heard about them today), so if anyone could give me pointers as to what I am supposed to be looking for, looking at, and asking, I would be most grateful!