My mum has mid stage dementia and is living in her own home with live-in and hourly carers. She seems happy but the carers are driving me round the bend!
I don't know how, but I have ended up as the care manager as they are all employed directly rather than through an agency. I need to professionalise the way I manage them - ie put some forms and processes and procedures in place so that I am setting the standards. At the moment they are criticising each other the whole time for not doing things right - carer wars! I am already looking for new carers, but these are among the best carers for Mum that I have come across, and I don't want to get rid of them now just to get incompetent carers again.
If you are employing carers directly, how did you do this? What forms do you use? What is in your care plan? Can you point me at useful resources?
Thanks
I don't know how, but I have ended up as the care manager as they are all employed directly rather than through an agency. I need to professionalise the way I manage them - ie put some forms and processes and procedures in place so that I am setting the standards. At the moment they are criticising each other the whole time for not doing things right - carer wars! I am already looking for new carers, but these are among the best carers for Mum that I have come across, and I don't want to get rid of them now just to get incompetent carers again.
If you are employing carers directly, how did you do this? What forms do you use? What is in your care plan? Can you point me at useful resources?
Thanks