Jan Millward reports on a SHOCKING expose of life in a care home in rural Dorset!
A member of staff has exposed what it is like to be a resident in Care home in Dorset...... in a series of reports which may SHOCK!!!!! and change peoples pe
...rceptions....
Several reports of staff showing extreme kindness and care have been leaked out by an unnamed member of staff....
Reports of residents dancing the conga in the corridor have yet to be confirmed....
.... but our insider says this is a regular occurrence, and staff actively join in with the laughing and singing....
During the summer, residents were spotted being taken out into the garden where they were seen picking and smelling roses and then having tea and cake....
One group of residents were taken on a mini bus to Weymouth and were seen eating fish and chips on the beach....
Our mole suggests that staff accompany them on regular trips and actively encourage merriment!!!!!!
This doesn’t end there. Over the last year the local community have also been involved with many charity events and there have been signs of HAPPINESS AND ENJOYMENT ALL SUMMER.....
Donkeys and birds of prey as well as a python have all visited the home and the retired beach donkey was even encouraged into individual’s rooms.....
Management are fully aware of the situation and they even arranged for a 90 plus year old lady to go first class to an award gala earlier this year....
The lady in question has failed to stop talking about the event ever since!
Several staff have had to face a panel of judges recently as they were nominated to represent the South West region for the Great British care awards.....
If they continue to behave as they do, they will be asked to attend interviews in London for the national finals...
...One memorable afternoon a member of staff was seen to switch off the Jeremy Kyle show which had been accidentally left on and take the resident out for tea and cake.
Another occurrence was when a member of staff stayed with a dying resident for 2 hours after her shift had ended so that she wasn’t alone...
. She was spotted holding the residents hand, giving mouth care and talking gently to her....
This type of care which goes above and beyond expectations seems to be rife in the care industry and as yet has not received much exposure...
... Thousands of care homes up and down the country are subjecting their residents to similar situations.
The public need to be made aware of what really happens in the majority of care homes and it is about time these homes stood up and were counted....
John Baker RN (Clinical Nurse Specialist in Dementia Care) after finding this news report on the Web is reported to have said. .... "I am in total shock! This situation needs to be highlighted"
He continues. ."I will be surprised if this is an issolated case. ... I think that if you scratched below the surface you will find the that this is just the tip of the iceberg. ...
.... I suspect that there are other staff that care about the people in their care!! and I suspect that there may be some very, very nice homes out there....
Karen, age 49 and a relative of a person with dementia, said, " The present and past govements have done all they can to stop this type of thing happening in care homes. .. I am in total shock. .. you would think that government underfunding and stigmatising care home staff would put a stop to this type of thing. ... and yet good care still seems to happen in care homes. .."
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