Summary of report content
Trafford conducted an Enter and View on Lynwood Lodge, a privately owned residential care home with 24 places, on 13th July 2017. This Enter and View visit is taking place as part of a three-year programme of visits to every nursing and residential home in Trafford which has publicly funded residents. Observation by the Enter and View representatives reported that: • 95% of residents at the Home live with various degrees of dementia. • All residents listened to spoke of their satisfaction at living at the Home. • Relatives spoke to on the day of the visit complimented the care delivered by staff at the Home. • The Home is welcoming and well-staffed. • Staff are clearly happy at Lynwood Lodge and this permeates the atmosphere providing very good responsive interactions with the residents. • They found the Home to be very well managed. • The Home has an open-door policy and visitors were present during our morning session. There is a signing-in book for visitors on arrival at the Home. The following recommendations were made: • They felt that the creation of a ‘passport’ for each resident’s eyesight requirements and a photograph of the spectacles the individual has purchased is good practice. • Adoption of the best practice initiatives (see report)Would you like to look at:
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