FabSwingers.com forum: Nursing homes for the elderly

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Is the quality good enough for me to allow my family to send a sick elderly relative there?

So main question do you trust elderly care homes?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would go and view them first, read reviews etc. There’s some brilliant ones out there. And not so brilliant.

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By *adeiteWoman
over a year ago

Staffordshire

Go look at them. Speak to the residents. I've worked in quite a few. Some have been amazing g. Some looked more like hotels.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My grandmother has been in one for a year now. We knew it was the right thing to do as she became so frail, she needed full time care. Luckily the staff are excellent and extremely professional.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some people in care I would trust with my life, others I wonder if they manage to wipe their own arse, never mind anyone elses

Research, talk to other relatives if you can

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By *andKBCouple
over a year ago

Plymouth

I've worked in care 10 plus years but not elderly so much. However, when I did a placement at uni I saw some amazing homes and some truly terrible ones.

I'd advise to read the CQC reports of the prospective homes, these are available to access online. Also visit them, unannounced or at short notice if possible. So that you get a true picture.

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By *manaWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

I'm a senior HCA for mainly dementia and elderly patients, read the CQC reports and when they are there never have a regular schedule. Always go different times and different days, if they expect you the bad ones will make an extra effort. If it's a good one itll always be spot on xx

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"Some people in care I would trust with my life, others I wonder if they manage to wipe their own arse, never mind anyone elses

Research, talk to other relatives if you can

This.

But in a lot of cases the elderly person needs more help or supervision than family can give. It can also be a disservice to them to leave them at home, depending on the circumstances.

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By *0something1965Man
over a year ago

Belfast

My mother was sick and went to hospital - in and out and in and out - they kept rrlwasing her way too early. Eventually we paid for 3 weeks nursing jome care (just over £2k) and she got so much better so quickly! Far better than the bloody revolving door of the hospital. She got sick again three weeks after she left the home and came home. Went to hospital and never came out. Ignored in a ward and left to die. If we'd put her permanently in a nursing home, shed still be alive. Cant praise the one she had enough.

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By *ylvie 888Woman
over a year ago

Cleethorpes

"Is the quality good enough for me to allow my family to send a sick elderly relative there?

So main question do you trust elderly care homes?

Visit unannounced. Altho do try to avoid meal times. Check if peoples walking frames are near them or away! Check CQC site to see what comments have been made. Chat to residents family members if they are present. Use your senses... smell.. sight... does it smell offensively? Are folk lathered in food.. look unkempt... hair brushed etc... decent slippers or footwear. Be cheeky... ask to see accident book. Check what activities they have on.. Hoe many staff do you see working and how do the staff interact with residents.

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