The Alzheimer’s Society’s Home From Home report calls for care homes to begin operating as specialist dementia care providers. Research shows a typical person with dementia in a care home spends just two minutes in every six hours socially interacting with other people – most of these residents are in the advanced stages of dementia and rely on the support of trained staff.
The Home From Home report features a survey of more than 3,500 people, including relatives of people with dementia, care home staff and managers. The survey shows;
- More than half of people with a relative in residential care say there is not enough for the person with dementia to do each day
- Over one in four family carers feel they do not receive enough information about the care and treatment of the person they care for
- Care home staff say providing care that improves the quality of life of residents with dementia is the top factor in job satisfaction
Hi, I am a social work student currently in my secon year at Sheffield Hallam university and i am particularly interested in specialist dementia care. I am currentlt working in a residential care home in Rotherham which I absolutly love. This type of work has developed my passion for working with people with dementia and their families and for my career i would like to manage a home that specialises in dementia care. If you have any advice, other courses i should undertake or any more experience that you think would be vital for me i would be grateful to hear back from you.
thankyou Lindsey Ward.
By: Lindsey Ward. on April 22, 2008
at 10:51 am