Care Home Safe Holding: Massive Fines in Elderly Care Home Worker Stabbing
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Care Home Safe Holding: Alzheimer’s man (90) punched to death by fellow resident
Dennis Bryant died in November 2013 at the age of 90 after fellow Alzheimer’s patient, Michael Hall, went into his room in Westcott House Nursing Home in Dorking and punched him several times in his bed. The attacker, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in June 2013, was admitted to East Surrey Hospital with a police escort that […]
Care Home Restraint Training: a £44,000 price for restraint training failure
On New Year’s Eve 2009, a support worker at Dimensions (UK) Ltd was kicked in the eye by a client. The worker survived. The company’s reputation didn’t. When the Health and Safety Executive finished its investigation, Dimensions was fined £14,000 and ordered to pay £30,000 in costs — a £44,000 penalty for a failure that […]
Care worker ʻnight of terrorʼ with patient ‘like a horror film’
A care worker barricaded herself into a box room for nine hours, making frantic phone calls to her bosses while a disturbed patient tried to kick the door down. Her bosses told her to stay put until the morning shift arrived. When the door finally opened, she was attacked for a second time. “Mrs Morgan’s […]
Elderly Care and how to manage aggression and violent behaviour with restraint training
Managing Aggression in Elderly Care We have come across a solicitor’s case which neatly summarises the points we make to care home managers across the country. We gratefully reproduce it here for posterity — it is a sobering lesson in risk assessment, duty of care, and the consequences of waiting for something serious to happen […]
Restraint Training: Focussed on Tasks, not People ?
A Question of Focus Are our care staff giving more focus to the list of tasks and jobs to be done while on shift in their often overworked and under-resourced facilities, or are they focussed entirely on the people they are caring for? In terms of restraint, we see both subtle and grotesque versions […]
Restraint Training: Uncommon Sense in Safely Caring for Older People
Safely caring for older people who exhibit difficult-to-predict behaviours associated with the stresses of living in care can be quite an art! This week has all been about the uncommon sense involved in safely delivering personal care for unpredictable residents. A care home in the midlands commissioned our team to help them with issues around […]
Case Study: Learning Disability Respite Service
A charity organisation serving children with disabilities and their families, providing day and overnight short-term respite services, asked Dynamis to assist with training needs for their staff. A number of incidents had happened recently in this learning disability service which prompted them to address staff and client safety. Who Engaged Dynamis The directors of the […]
Case Study: Care Home for Children and Young People
Care Home for Children Care Home for Children Case: A group of care homes were looking for a modern, up-to-date approach to dealing with physical challenges with young people in their care. Their young clients can present particularly risky behaviours, often with roots in ADHD, foetal alcohol syndrome or a tragic history of abuse and […]
Case Study: Care Homes for Older People
OLDER PEOPLE CARE HOME TRAINING IN UNDERSTANDING RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES Older people care home training: Care homes are often required by a care inspection to carry out appropriate training in managing challenging behaviour with their clients and in particular the issues of restraint with older people in care. This often follows an incident in which […]