Putting care right: your guide to choosing a care home

Author:
ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY
Publisher:
Alzheimer's Society
Publication year:
2008
Pagination:
23p.
Place of publication:
London

This guide features the essential issues to consider when deciding on a care home for a person with dementia. It lists questions families can put to care home staff and includes blank pages for notes on the places they visit. This guide raises the crucial questions everyone should ask about care homes. It will also help people to understand how to recognise quality care and help them to start demanding the high standards of care that people with dementia deserve. The charity’s survey found a third of people over 55 have experience of looking for care homes, but nationwide more than more than four out of ten people admit they would not know what to look for in a good care home. Skilled staff appear to be more important than a nicely decorated room when it comes to deciding on the quality of residential care. A choice of activities and access to outside space was also rated as important by more than 94 per cent of people.

Subject terms:
older people, quality assurance, residential care, care homes, choice;
Content type:
research
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