Another point: please try to make it so that staff will be happy for residents to go out into at least part of the garden at all times of day, unsupervised. We took Mother to one possible respite place (well, impossible because of this factor!), and they wouldn't let residents into the garden unless a staff member was there too (fair enough as it fronted onto a main road!). It would have been a prison for Mother, as she's used to being able to sit out with the sun on her face and enjoy fresh air whenever she wants to. Possibly a need to divide the garden into a sitting area close to the house, securely separated from the wider garden space if staff wouldn't be happy for all residents to have access to the whole garden unsupervised?
Difficult, isn't it, when residents will vary so much in their needs and their vulnerability.
Good luck with it, anyway! Pam
Difficult, isn't it, when residents will vary so much in their needs and their vulnerability.
Good luck with it, anyway! Pam