Enter and View: Risedale at Aldingham and St Cuthberts
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Healthwatch Cumbria conducted an Enter and View on Risedale at Aldingham and St Cuthberts Nursing Home, a privately owned nursing home catering for various levels of dementia. The visit was conducted on 02nd March 2017.
The visit was arranged as part of Healthwatch Cumbria's enter and view schedule.
Observation by the enter and view representatives reported that:
The setting of the building is very impressive with gardens backing onto the coasts.
The home caters for residents with varying degrees of dementia. The residents were treated with dignity and respect.
The meals we observed looked appetising and easily recognisable with appropriate portion sizes.
All the residents were clean and tidy in appearance and appropriately clothed.
Bespoke signage on the residents’ room doors to reflect things important to them, this personalises the residents own space and reflects that it is their home and not an institution
Dispensing of medication had a member of staff who was designated and wore a different coloured uniform to the other members of staff.
A comprehensive activities board was visible in the residents lounge with a list of physical and mental activities, there was also a music and film room containing a piano and a selection of DVD’s
There was a designated acivities coordinator who kept a comprehensive list of activities appropriate to the residents needs and wants.