We are putting together an article that came out of our experiences last year. Mark's mother had a stroke and we needed to find her a care home quickly. We already knew some information and being researchers we were able to find out a lot more e.g. from CSCI now the Care Quality Commission (www.cqc.org.uk). What lingers is the memory of how difficult this is to do when trying to do the best for a parent.
This got us thinking:
What information do you need?
Where do you go for information?
What are the most useful sources of information?
How do you assess what / where will be suitable for your parent?
The seeds of the idea were born and the article / guide will be the first result. We have several ideas but thought that it would be a good idea to include other people's experiences.
This is where you come in.
Have you had to find a care home or a nursing home for a member of your family?
What information did you find most useful?
What other information would have helped the process?
What would you suggest people consider when visiting a prospective home?
What else would you think would be helpful to people going through this process?
We look forward to hearing from you.
If you would prefer to email us rather than post on the blog then send your thoughts to mark@research-plus.co.uk
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You might find this interesting, http://www.bestcarehome.co.uk has just been launched.
ReplyDeleteThe site is a competitor to other web based care home directories, though has one important feature that sets it apart (aside from usability..). We have downloaded and analysed many thousands of inspection reports, allowing us to 'rank' care homes on their inspection performance over the last three years.
With information from care home inspections, the
care home profiles on the site contain more information than other directories. You can also compare houses and get an email when new inspection reports are published.
Your article about choosing a care home sounds really interesting, if we can help do let us know (and thanks for the tweet..)
Regards
Richard
www.bestcarehome.co.uk
I meant to put the URL in as a link - hope you don't mind me adding www.BestCareHome.co.uk
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