Dignity in care: what care homes did next
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Healthwatch Bucks sets out the impact they have had as a result of their programme of Enter and View visits to care homes. This report covers responses from Carey Lodge and Ryeview Manor setting out the actions they have taken in response to the recommendations that Healthwatch Bucks made.
Carey Lodge had introduced pictorial menus, added memory pictures to residents’ front doors, recruited mini-bus drivers, extended and improved their activity programme and undertaken care reviews of residents.
Ryeview Manor had improved access to drinks, given residents better explanations of food choices, involved residents in laying tables for lunch, improving the range of and information about activities available and residents being given the option of having baths.