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 are explaining scenarios where they believe: 1) The resident’s care needs and previously reported challenging behaviour / violent incidents were not assessed properly prior to admission to the home. 2) The instructions from supervisors were not appropriate to the person’s needs. 3) Newly identified risks […]
Care Home Safe Holding: Dementia Care Staff Locked themselves in the Bathroom
The need for Care Home Safe Holding training. Care Home Safe Holding can help your staff to have a pre-planned and practiced response to aggressive or distressed behaviours in your service. The following is an actual story and scenario which was reported to our training team in the sessions that we deliver for staff who look after older people in care. […]