Hi Taffy, thanks for the info.
John is in an EMI unit attached to a residential/nursing home. The EMI unit is divided into two sections, elderly frail, and challenging behaviour. The unit has its own specific staff, who change between the two sections.
John is in the frail section, there are fifteen residents. There is always at least one RMN nurse per section, sometimes two. In addition there are four carers during the day. They serve meals and feed those who need it, but they don't deal with laundry at all, laundry staff sort it all and deliver to the rooms. A lot of their time is spent toileting and changing as most residents are incontinent and immobile. But they do spend a lot of time talking to them and giving then one-to-one stimulation.
At night there is one nurse and two carers.
I'm sorry your mum is not doing too well, Taffy. We've talked about the staffing ratio before, and it doesn't sound as if it's improved.
It's a shame you can't trust them enough to have a weekend away. I can't risk it either, but not because I don't trust them. John's condition changes from day to day, and I just wouldn't be able to settle.
Lovely to hear from you again, and I wish you and your mum all the best.
Love,
My mum is in a Dementia Specific Hostel (Australia) and has being for twelve months the staffing ratio is one carer to fifteen residents with the exception of the fifteen residents with severe dementia who have two carers. Management did for sometime try to run this ward with one carer and a rover they couldn't cope....so now two carers look after this ward.
Management however reduced the night staff.... there are four wings bearing in mind all Dementia Specific and from 11pm until 6.30am there are two carers on for the whole facility 66 residents.
John is in an EMI unit attached to a residential/nursing home. The EMI unit is divided into two sections, elderly frail, and challenging behaviour. The unit has its own specific staff, who change between the two sections.
John is in the frail section, there are fifteen residents. There is always at least one RMN nurse per section, sometimes two. In addition there are four carers during the day. They serve meals and feed those who need it, but they don't deal with laundry at all, laundry staff sort it all and deliver to the rooms. A lot of their time is spent toileting and changing as most residents are incontinent and immobile. But they do spend a lot of time talking to them and giving then one-to-one stimulation.
At night there is one nurse and two carers.
I'm sorry your mum is not doing too well, Taffy. We've talked about the staffing ratio before, and it doesn't sound as if it's improved.
It's a shame you can't trust them enough to have a weekend away. I can't risk it either, but not because I don't trust them. John's condition changes from day to day, and I just wouldn't be able to settle.
Lovely to hear from you again, and I wish you and your mum all the best.
Love,