Care Home Safe Holding: Issues in Managing Distress in Dementia Care
Six concerns care home staff raise repeatedly, from weak pre-admission assessment to risk reports that go nowhere and agency staff given no time to learn residents, plus where management and staff views part company.
Care Home Safe Holding: Dementia ward patient found bashed
An inquest into the death of Charles McCulloch, 94, in a Canberra dementia ward, where another resident with a history of lashing out was suspected. The post asks whether services are prepared.
Care Home Safe Holding: Fatality when Elderly Man with Violence History Bit Care Home Resident
Frederick Adams died after being bitten and hit with a shoe by another resident at Acorn Lodge. Four critical failures in risk assessment and information sharing are then set out.
Care Home Safe Holding: Dementia Care Staff Locked themselves in the Bathroom
A dementia unit resident who insisted on wearing her bra over her dress became violent when staff took her to her bedroom. Two care assistants fled and locked themselves in the staff toilet.
Safe Holding in Care Homes: The 90-year old Care Home Tsunami
A night-shift account of a resident in his nineties who became violent when no male carer was available for personal care. It draws five lessons, starting with matching staffing to the care plan.
Care Home Safe Holding: Non-Escalation in Personal Hygiene Tasks for Dementia Caregivers
Notes from the Bathing Without a Battle programme, developed at Chapel Hill, on why washing becomes a struggle for people with dementia. It covers the sensory bathroom, the caregiver relationship, in-bed baths and communication.
Care Home Safe Holding: Preventing Stress-Related Behaviours in Care of Older People
A guide to preventing stress-related behaviours in dementia care, from reading non-verbal signals and a ten-step list of de-escalation habits, to legal duties on employers, plus care planning and person-centred care.
Care Home Safe Holding: 72-year old woman died after assault by fellow resident
Maureen Shone, 72, died 13 days after a male resident attacked her with a curtain pole at her Trentham care home. A sensor meant to alert staff had not been switched on.
Resident left the building: Care Home fined £140,000 and ordered to pay £65,000 costs
Dorothy Spicer, 84, left Whitefriars Care Home through a door whose alarm was off. No handover check was made, she was found eight hours later, and the trust admitted breaching health and safety law.
Care Home Safe Holding: Woman (89) died while being escorted by staff in care home
Marjorie Keogh fell through a first-floor handrail at a Leicester care home while one carer escorted her, though her assessment required two. It covers the inquest, the ignored warnings and the lessons for providers.