I think it is, but have no experience, and am inclined to think well of everyone until proved otherwise. So am I being naive?
About 30 residents. Everyone seems friendly, they all know my dad, and they clearly are talking to him (or allowing him to talk to them).
I had an unscheduled conversation with the manager who offered me a copy of his care plan (ie it hadn't been specially doctored for me). A few mistakes in it regarding his previous life, but I was interested that part of the plan was to have conversations with him about his interests (and there was a note saying the info he gave was "fascinating").
There's a lot of care given to his personal concerns, and a willingness to adapt routines so that he his happy with them. On the other hand, I've given up the battle to get them to use his preferred incontinence pants rather than their pads (and, to be fair, pads are more convenient as they can be changed without taking his trousers off).
When I've worried about his symptoms, they've acted on it and called the GP.
He grumbles a lot - some of the carers are "rough" when they turn him in the middle of the night, they don't collect dirty plates quickly enough, they'll tell him they'll be back in 5 minutes and don't come back for a long time (but his perception of time is very dodgy). Some of the carers discourage him from moving around
Apart from the losing battle over the pads, I haven't seen anything that concerns me, and I'm not at all convinced Dad is a reliable witness ... but from the above, does this sound a good home to you, or are there any things that would worry you?
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MereDintofPandiculation · 23/04/2019 21:58
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