So we have started looking at care homes for my mum, we went to visit the one where one of my friend’s works in admin. Our welcome was not great ( my friend wasn’t there) first of all it was hard to find & when we got there the deputy manager tried to put us off by saying well you couldn’t have come at a worse time!
Not a great start at all but she did show us round a bit & a carer then took over. We just weren’t impressed at all. There seemed plenty of staff on duty & they all seemed to be ok. There was a lot of wandering around but it didn’t seem at all restful. The vibe was all off.
We saw the rooms & most were small, the largest room didn’t have a great view & none of them were ensuite which we feel would be important for my mum.
Plus they have a lot of vacancies. Mmm.
We pulled up outside another care home & it immediately looked better. We rang to get in but no one answered & it is one of those that asks you to ring for an appointment. I know everyone says just turn up but it appears a lot of them round here DON’T want you to do that.
Not a great start at all but she did show us round a bit & a carer then took over. We just weren’t impressed at all. There seemed plenty of staff on duty & they all seemed to be ok. There was a lot of wandering around but it didn’t seem at all restful. The vibe was all off.
We saw the rooms & most were small, the largest room didn’t have a great view & none of them were ensuite which we feel would be important for my mum.
Plus they have a lot of vacancies. Mmm.
We pulled up outside another care home & it immediately looked better. We rang to get in but no one answered & it is one of those that asks you to ring for an appointment. I know everyone says just turn up but it appears a lot of them round here DON’T want you to do that.