Enter and view - Care home - The Lodge
A shortlist of homes was produced to support engagement with a number of homes from various areas within the borough. Homes were chosen to be representative (for older people, people with learning disabilities, people using mental health services).
Recommendations
- The home should consider changing the fire alarms so that there is a flashing light when the alarm sounds. Although there are no deaf service users at present it would be beneficial if a user with a family member who is deaf came to visit, and it could aid them in the future should new residents have a hearing impairment.
- A variety of training sessions should be offered to staff such as deaf awareness training, visual impairment awareness training and training for working with people with learning disabilities.
- All staff members should be made aware of the way in which the information regarding the needs of the service users can be accessed.
- The home should review all its policies with regards to the Accessible Information Standards to ensure support for people with access requirements is available.
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The Lodge care home
