Enter and view: Burnham Lodge Care Home

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Healthwatch Bucks conducted an Enter and View to Burnham Lodge care home in August 2019. The home provides nursing and residential care for 35 people. The Healthwatch representatives engaged with 21 residents, staff and visitors. 

Residents regarded the staff as caring and they know the residents' history and personalities. Residents were able to choose their meals and where to eat them. The home is being redecorated during the visit but there were no personal items, such as pictures or photos in the corridors. Residents reported that staff members often chose whether their bedroom doors were open or closed, but will close them when personal care is given. There was an activity schedule but this did not match with the activities during the visit. 

The recommendations included increasing chair-based exercises; discussions around personalised care; offer written and pictorial menus for residents; add more reminiscence material into communal areas. 

The service provider disagreed with findings in the report. 

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General details

Local Healthwatch
Healthwatch Bucks
Publication date
Date evidence capture began
Date evidence capture finished
Type of report
Enter and View
Key themes
Access to services
Building, Decor and Facilities, including health and safety
Cleanliness, Hygiene and Infection Control
Communication with patients; treatment explanation; verbal advice
Public consultation and engagement
Lifestyle and wellbeing; wider determinants of health
Written information, guidance and publicity
Caring, kindness, respect and dignity
Staffing - levels and training

Methodology and approach

Was the work undertaken in partnership with another organisation?
No
Primary research method used
Observation (eg Enter and View)
Interviews
If an Enter and View methodology was applied, was the visit announced or unannounced?
Not Known

Details of health and care services included in the report

Details of health and care services included in the report
Care home
Name of service provider
Burnham Lodge Care Home

Details of people who shared their views

Number of people who shared their views
21
Age group
All
Gender
All
Ethnicity
All
Sexual orientation
Not known
Does this report feature carers?
Yes
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