Enter and view: Bartletts Care Home

Bartletts provides care for 42 residents at present. Healthwatch Buckinghamshire spoke to 5 residents, 3 members of staff and 2 visitors and observed another 6 staff, 1 visitor and 11 residents.

The summary of findings included: welcoming, friendly staff in a beautiful home; lots of activities taking place although residents should have better access to what is happening when and where,

Healthwatch Buckinghamshire issued 6 recommendations which included: builds paths of solid material rather than gravel to aid those who use walkers, sticks or wheelchairs to move around; ensures the activity schedules can be read by everyone i.e. easy to locate, print in larger font and pictorial versions to aid comprehension; looks to create pictorial menus and/or offers two plates of cooked food to those who cannot remember what they might have ordered for lunch; removes the list of residents’ names and room numbers from the corridor; looks to invest in a minibus to enable more people to go out together; involves residents involved in stocking the new greenhouse with pots, compost and choosing seeds for spring planting etc., not just periodic planting, so those who like gardening are involved on a weekly basis.