| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re::Hounslow Council increase in council tax - plus other increases | |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 05/12/16 06:54:00 |
| What worried me about this is that where care workers are paid very low wages there is a bigger turnover of staff or often a reduced number of staff because they can't attract good experienced staff. Care homes are one of the places that you really don't want this to happen. The more experienced are often training/supervising the less experienced so you don't want to lose them. You don't want them overworked so that they are frazzled and make less good or poorer decisions than they would otherwise. If there are fewer staff then despite there being lovely ensuite showers in each room (I don't know about LBE's care homes) they may never be used because there aren't enough staff to supervise a resident. The complaint of "I haven't had a shower for weeks" may well be true. Residents who would normally be able to walk to the dining room with aid/supervision may be pushed in a wheelchair because it is quicker and it takes a lot of staff to get everyone there for meals at the same time. They then lose their mobility faster which causes further uncomfortable and distressing problems. You always have to think further of the consequences of what may at face value seem a simple solution. The staff won't have time for a casual chat with residents. Please visit your friends and relations in care homes! Please also consider being a visitor. The CQC likes to see a programme of activities and although it can be difficult to involve residents sometimes (and difficult for pressed for time staff to remind and persuade them) this gives them something else to talk and think about and is a change from sitting in front of a TV (often in their own room by themselves). |