Safe Holding Training – Manage Distress – Scotland
The Challenge of Distressed Behaviour in Care Gerard O’Dea, our Director of Training, was recently asked to provide an opinion on how care homes in Scotland can deal with the issues of distressed, difficult, or dangerous behaviours when caring for older people in their services — sometimes known as Safe Holding Training. In this long-format […]
Restraint Training: Unsafe Handling caused death of resident and £57,000 fine
A South Lanarkshire care home provider was heavily fined after an elderly resident died after breaking her neck in a fall. At Hamilton Sheriff Court, BUPA Care Homes (Carrick) Ltd was fined £57,000 after pleading guilty to a breach of Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, which led to […]
£150,000 fine for Care Home Wheelchair Restraint Strap Death
A private healthcare company was fined £150,000 in January 2012 after admitting its part in the death of an elderly nursing home resident who was strangled by a wheelchair lap belt. Brigid O’Callaghan, known as Vera, was found dead on the morning of October 28, 2005 at Amberley Court Nursing Home in Edgbaston, Birmingham. […]
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 […]
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: 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 […]
Care Home Safe Holding: Issues in Managing Distress in Dementia Care
Time and again, caregiving staff in services for older people describe scenarios where they believe fundamental safety and care processes have broken down. Across the many care homes we work with, six concerns surface repeatedly. What Care Home Staff Are Reporting 1. Inadequate pre-admission assessment. The resident’s care needs and previously reported challenging behaviour or […]