I think I have mooted this point before, but now have more time to progress it .... and keen for ideas on how to do it ...
In a nutshell, mum is in quite a fantastic care environment (Nursing Unit opposed to EMI) ......they have several residents on the unit with varying degrees of dementia - as with mum - where the physical nursing needs are greater than their dementia needs and therefore can 'accommodate' them .... (perhaps that in itself makes a difference?)
I am becoming more involved in campaigning and rather than complaining about the horrors of what has gone wrong, what I have witnessed of and in other 'care' homes (I use that term loosely!) or hospitals, wonder if I can use the 'what is so right' to try to achieve some change to bring other places and care services up to the same standards?
Trouble is I can't seem to define for myself the 'what is so right' ... and why every person who needs the care my mother does deserves the standard of care she is now afforded .....
It is something almost intangible .... sure, the place is well equipped, care plans accessible to carers and regularly updated, all those 'practical' things some seem to have to scream for ....... it is more about a 'culture' or 'atmosphere' of respect and dignity - indeed affection ........
Is that about staffing ratios? Recruitment criteria? Management? Training in palliative care? Dementia awareness?
I admit I am the first to scream and shout when something is wrong .... but there is something so 'right' about this care home and it should be a beacon for others ... how to make it that way and improve things for others by focussing on the very positive? How to raise awareness that these standards can be achieved - so why should others fail to achieve them .....?
I am sure someone can think of something better than my first idea of telling the CSCI?
Any thoughts welcomed, Karen
In a nutshell, mum is in quite a fantastic care environment (Nursing Unit opposed to EMI) ......they have several residents on the unit with varying degrees of dementia - as with mum - where the physical nursing needs are greater than their dementia needs and therefore can 'accommodate' them .... (perhaps that in itself makes a difference?)
I am becoming more involved in campaigning and rather than complaining about the horrors of what has gone wrong, what I have witnessed of and in other 'care' homes (I use that term loosely!) or hospitals, wonder if I can use the 'what is so right' to try to achieve some change to bring other places and care services up to the same standards?
Trouble is I can't seem to define for myself the 'what is so right' ... and why every person who needs the care my mother does deserves the standard of care she is now afforded .....
It is something almost intangible .... sure, the place is well equipped, care plans accessible to carers and regularly updated, all those 'practical' things some seem to have to scream for ....... it is more about a 'culture' or 'atmosphere' of respect and dignity - indeed affection ........
Is that about staffing ratios? Recruitment criteria? Management? Training in palliative care? Dementia awareness?
I admit I am the first to scream and shout when something is wrong .... but there is something so 'right' about this care home and it should be a beacon for others ... how to make it that way and improve things for others by focussing on the very positive? How to raise awareness that these standards can be achieved - so why should others fail to achieve them .....?
I am sure someone can think of something better than my first idea of telling the CSCI?
Any thoughts welcomed, Karen