Dorothy Hodgkinson from Finding Perspectives discusses the importance of safeguarding adults in care homes

04 September 2020

Often when an adult transitions to living in residential care, there’s an understanding that this may well be their final home. It becomes the imperative of the facility and its staff to create an environment of comfort, safety, and a place where residents feel they have retained some autonomy. 

Key to this is ensuring there are ways in which residents and their families or carers can flag concerns when things appear to be going, or have gone wrong, without fear of retribution.

When we feel unsafe, or even just less safe than usual, one of the first things we lose is our voice….read the blog in full at…

NICE source: https://www.nice.org.uk/news/blog/feeling-safe-and-being-heard-in-residential-care