Woodlands Care Home
A SPECIAL CARE HOME FOR OLDER PEOPLE Located on Woodsetts Road in North Anston, Woodlands Care Home provides high quality dementia care for older people. The aim of the Care Home is to provide each resident with care and support in a comfortable environment with a calm, relaxed atmosphere. Staff at the home have been selected for their positive and sensitive attitude. Fantastic Care Quality Commission Report - June 2013 We are delighted to have received a glowing review from the Care Quality Commission this summer. Some of the comments from their independent and unannounced visit are below and the full report can be found here. • "PEOPLE EXPERIENCED CARE, TREATMENT AND SUPPORT THAT MET THEIR NEEDS AND PROTECTED THEIR RIGHTS." • A RESIDENT SAID: "I LIKE IT HERE, WE GET DECENT MEALS AND THERE ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES TO CHOOSE FROM." • A VISITING GP TOLD CQC "THE STAFF ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB; THEY ARE VERY PROACTIVE AND COMMUNICATE WELL WITH ME." • "WE OBSERVED CARE TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE HOME AND SAW THAT PEOPLE WERE ROUTINELY TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT." • "STAFF SHOWED CONSIDERATION FOR PEOPLE'S PREFERENCES AND WISHES WHEN THEY SPOKE WITH THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, BY ENSURING THAT THEY CHECKED PEOPLE'S CHOICES AT LUNCHTIME, AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAD THE TYPE OF DRINK THAT THEY WANTED." • "WE OBSERVED ONE PERSON SAYING THAT THEY WISHED TO EAT THEIR LUNCH IN A QUIET LOUNGE RATHER THAN IN THE MAIN DINING ROOM, AND STAFF ENSURED THAT THIS PREFERENCE WAS UPHELD."
- Updated:
- 8 May 2015
- Location:
- Yorkshire and Humber
- Sectors:
- Care
- Local Alliances:
- Rotherham Dementia Action Alliance, Yorkshire & Humber Dementia Action Alliance
1. Action Plan
1. The National Dementia Declaration lists seven outcomes that the DAA are seeking to achieve for people with dementia and their carers. How would you describe your organisation’s role in delivering better outcomes for people with dementia and their carers?
We have recently trained one of staff to be a dementia and dignity champion, they are also trained to do the Dementia café at the home, so will be advertising this internally and externally with the hope that people from the local community will come along and support us with this .Families will be involved in this and will help them have a better understanding of dementia and also feel supported by the home also.
The local churches also visit Woodlands to support our residents and we work closely with the local collages giving placements out to young students to work at woodlands.
Woodlands also sends all of its staff on the Bradford University Corner stones training in dementia so that they have a good understanding in delivering person centred care to our residents.
The manager is also trained in dementia Mapping and through mapping passes this information back down to all of her staff. We provide relative and residents forum at the home and all the external and internal activities we complete at the home we also involve family members
2. What are the challenges to delivering these outcomes from the perspective of your organisation?
Making sure that we have enough staff cover when the dementia café are on as the staff member who is delivering these courses will have to be supernumery
Making sure that we have a dedicated area for the café so not to impede on the residents space without their acceptance of this
Making sure that the collages do not send us more than one student at a time to ensure we can give the student quality training and supervision
Member website
www.carehomewoodlands.com2. Actions
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Dementia Training
We ensure that Dementia Awareness training is a mandatory requirement of all staffs training requirements at a suitable level appropriate for the role of each employee. nsure that the principles of behaviour as a means of communication are acknowledged and understood by all.
All staff attend the Corner stones dementia care through Bradford university
- Status:
- Being implemented
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Dementia Friends and Dementia Friends Champions
Many Of Woodlands staff are Dementia Friends We are working towards getting the remainder of staff signed up as dementia friends
One of our staff has completed training for the dementia champion.
- Status:
- Planning
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Dementia Cafe
A Dementia café is being established at Woodlands,this cafe is open to the surrounding community and the public
- Status:
- Planning
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Creating a Dementia Friendly Enviroment
Assess all areas to maximise on use of knowledge about dementia friendly environments and will continue with the Kings Fund environmental checks Reference Stirling virtual care home for ideas and guidance for further inprovements that can be made
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- Implementation
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Assesssment of good practice
Use the NHS patient led assessment tools to assess Service user areas communal areas and food and drink provision react to findings
- Status:
- Planning
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Food Provison
Food provision/dining area
Show service users the meal choices they have stimulating senses
Smell, sight
Give consideration to Moulded meals for blended meals
Give consideration to the colour of crockery
Develop pictorial menus
Ensure food is fortified where necessary
Maintain good levels of hydration and use guidance to avoid malnutrition and a poor nutritional status
- Status:
- Delivery
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End of life training and care Provision
Gain knowledge about the concept of the NAMASTE care programme NAMASTE care is based on the power of the loving touch. Enquire about the training that is available through RMBC
- Status:
- Planning
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Life History
Have a method of gaining as much knowledge about each person with dementias history and ensure all staff use this knowledge to help a person feel comfortable in their surrounding
We have a comprehensive history care plan ,our in house trainer also completes training on person centred care planning which includes life history information and how this cross references throughout the care plan
- Status:
- Being implemented
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Reminiscence
Reminiscence – Making use of items and pictures,photographs to help a person feel comfortable and engage with them this is documented in the care plan when activities have been completed
- Status:
- Delivered
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Use of music
Make good use of music as a means of simulation we use piped music, Lost chord musicians and activities to stimulate residents through music.
- Status:
- Delivered
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Activities and Stimulation
Use as many methods of stimulations as possible
Using all the sensory methods possible
Using all the sensory methods possible using our activities team 10-4 daily
- Status:
- Delivery
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Care before task
Butterfly time is used dayly at the home to spend quality time with residents and inititive we are very proud of.
- Status:
- Delivery
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Inspriational methods of dementia care
Look for inspiration from the Dutch model of care for people with dementia
- Status:
- Planning
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Information Provison
Provision of information for relatives and friends to help them understand and cope
Use of AZ society web site and information Advertise and host dementia awareness sessions aimed at relatives and f
We plan to print out and place in a folder left in reception the A-Z information from the Alzheimer’s society and invites will be issued to families when we commence with our first Dementia Cafe
- Status:
- Planning
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Communication
We have develop methods of communication for the people with Dementia with speech and communication difficulties
- Status:
- Delivery
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Personal choices and involvement
We ensure that a person with dementia is offered choices and is asked for their input into their care needs where ever possible
- Status:
- Delivery
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Herbert Protocol
We have aquired knowledge about and and introduced Herbert Protocol at woodlands and a copy is held in our care plans
- Status:
- Delivered
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Community Involvement
Develop further links within the community – faith group’s churches, schools, Guides, Brownie and Scouts and Cubs, any other suitable community group.
To improve community knowledge and to enhance the lives of the service users
- Status:
- Delivered
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Promotion of RDAA
Promote the concept of Dementia Action Alliance into the community and to all /any suitable businesses that the care home and that staff team are involved with
- Status:
- Planning