In May we carried out a survey (from 10th -21st) to give an overall idea of what is happening. Thank you to 1,177 people who completed it. Today more changes come - we very much hope that some of the results below rapidly change as well - Thread to follow: #rightsforresidents
The first question: where is your relative/friend in a care home - We got replies from across the UK (88.7% England, 6.2% Scotland, 3.4% Wales and 1.6% NI) #rightsforresidents
The results of this next question shows a reflection of the care home 'market' and how a large % is run but Care Groups of all sizes #rightsforresidents
We asked for the name of the Care Group and again got a very wide range - below the graph shows those where we received 5 or more responses for #rightsforresidents
Has your Care Home carried out an individual risk assessment. This is part of the guidance and it is essential that they should be carried out so that individual plans can be made for each resident, after all, all our needs and requirements are different #rightsforresidents
Have you asked for Essential Care Giver Status - surprisingly (or not according to the managers we speak to) it is not a large % that have asked for this #rightsforresidents
BUT of those that have asked the majority have had it denied. The reasons given vary:
It is not necessary
We are not doing that and will not consider it
It needs to go to head office
It is not our policy
The list of excuses goes on - this must change #rightsforresidents
How Frequently can you visit - the guidance states regularly (not defined) every 2/3 weeks is, incase anyone was wondering, not regularly. Once a week, when family would visit daily is not considered regularly. We need to see a dramatic change in this area #rightsforresdients
Where does your visit take place - this again threw up many different answers, as you can see below (how are window visits the second highest answer) #rightsforresidents
Finally the duration of the visit. No where in the guidance does it say how long/short a visit should be. 20/30 mins is totally unacceptable and for those with dementia it can be almost impossible to make the visit meaningful with such a restricted time limit #rightsforresidents
you might find this thread interesting @Fox_Claire #rightsforresidents
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