Can anyone else throw any light on this?
Mum has now been in her home since February as I think I've said in a previous post I'm still considering whether to take or out and look after her myself but I cant because of personal circumstances do this until the end of September.
The staff where Mum is seem lovely but there just isn't enough of them 36 residents and 5 staff during the day and only 3 at night!
I don't feel that Mum is getting enough one to one time but can see why the staff seem increasingly frazzled and are always rushing around dealing with residents with more complex needs.
Someone recommended another home to me which I visited at the weekend it seemed much better and there is a proper daily activities schedule up which there isn't where Mum is. However on asking the question how many staff are on again at night we were told 3 for 36 residents!!
Is this normal?! I rang CQC only to be told there is no minimum number ratio of staff to residents. They said if there wasn't a problem than it must be working!
I said that I thought if you put a child in childcare (though I may be wrong) there had to be a minimum number of staff so why isn't there for people with Alzheimer's. All she did was reiterate that if there were no complaints it must be working!
Is it me I feel I'm going crazy?! When you consider the low salaries the staff are on compared with how much you pay for the care where is the money going? Especially when the mantra is 'not for profit'
Does anyone know of care homes where there are only say a dozen residents which to my mind would be much better?
Mum has now been in her home since February as I think I've said in a previous post I'm still considering whether to take or out and look after her myself but I cant because of personal circumstances do this until the end of September.
The staff where Mum is seem lovely but there just isn't enough of them 36 residents and 5 staff during the day and only 3 at night!
I don't feel that Mum is getting enough one to one time but can see why the staff seem increasingly frazzled and are always rushing around dealing with residents with more complex needs.
Someone recommended another home to me which I visited at the weekend it seemed much better and there is a proper daily activities schedule up which there isn't where Mum is. However on asking the question how many staff are on again at night we were told 3 for 36 residents!!
Is this normal?! I rang CQC only to be told there is no minimum number ratio of staff to residents. They said if there wasn't a problem than it must be working!
I said that I thought if you put a child in childcare (though I may be wrong) there had to be a minimum number of staff so why isn't there for people with Alzheimer's. All she did was reiterate that if there were no complaints it must be working!
Is it me I feel I'm going crazy?! When you consider the low salaries the staff are on compared with how much you pay for the care where is the money going? Especially when the mantra is 'not for profit'
Does anyone know of care homes where there are only say a dozen residents which to my mind would be much better?