Challenging Behaviour in Elderly Dementia Care: Bathing without the Bruises
Drawing on the Bathing Without a Battle programme, the post asks what being clean really means to each resident, then covers communication, flexibility over rigid policies and the three drivers of resistance.
Restraint Training: Focussed on Tasks, not People ?
A carer was bruised after forcing a resident into the shower because the rota said it was his day. The post argues that task-focused care raises challenging behaviour and the number of restraints.
Restraint Training: Managing Distress and using force to clean a resident
Cleaning a soiled resident who resists is a foreseeable, high-risk task. The post argues for a written procedure and risk assessment, and sets out the manual handling hierarchy of avoid, assess and reduce.
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.