The ten latest good ideas added to the website are listed below.
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Dignity in Care
This is a project to raise the standards of Dignity and Respect within residential and nursing homes in Leeds. Since winning the 2008 Dignity in Care Award for our ambitious approach to Dignity in Care in Leeds we have worked to ensure that Dignity i....
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Memory Lane Project
Washington Grange staff in seeking to further uphold their residents dignity undertook a 360 degree review of care services to seek new ways to enhance resident’s care and that of their families.
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Nutrition Intake Monitoring Tool
At Sedgefield Community Hospital, we determined that there was a need for a tool which could monitor a patient’s nutritional intake. Staff were concerned that they had no real way of evaluating a patient's actual daily nutritional intake and if it me....
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The Bereavement Support Midwives Service
At Leighton Hospital, the Bereavement Support Midwives wanted to provide an enhanced bereavement service offered to women and families who have suffered a pregnancy loss, to further support them at this vulnerable time and maintain their dignity.
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Relationships, Sex and Sexuality Workshop
Issues emerging from the BIG CHAT project (GP11)
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Preference Boxes
Working with older people Living with Dementia indicates to us that very often individuals are not asked their preference regarding food drinks, colours, clothing. This often from the assumption that these clients cannot make choices. Reading researc....
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Mealtimes and Pictures.
The Dignity Champion observed that many residents were unable to make informed meal choices either because
• English was not their first language
• Their hearing was impaired
• They could not fully understand what they were being asked to d....
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Public Dignity Champions Unannounced Inspections of Services.
The Dignity Champion was the representative of a Patient & Public Involvement Forum working group set up by the PCT in 2006 to look at dignity related issues. This Dignity in Care working group decided that the best way to find out how hospitals were....
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The DCS Gown.
When working as a Health Care Assistant, the Dignity Champion realised that traditional hospital gowns were undignified and impractical. They often left patients partially uncovered and they proved difficult to remove when patients needed treatment. ....
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Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) and Auditing.
To establish where the organization was in terms of the Dignity in Care campaign and the Privacy and Dignity benchmark from the Department of Health.
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