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NEW TOILET HELPS SOCIALISING
People with learning disabilities have greater opportunity to enjoy as full and active a life as possible – thanks to a new toilet.
Two years of fund-raising by Reading Mencap has enabled the charity to have an assisted, accessible toilet installed at its base in the town centre, where it offers a ‘one stop shop’ for support services, plus daytime and evening clubs and social events.
With more space than a conventional wheelchair-accessible toilet, the facility also has as standard an adult- sized changing bench and hoist, to accommodate the needs of people who need the help of a carer to undertake personal hygiene. Reading Mencap has chosen to enhance its assisted, accessible toilet by using a Clos-o-Mat Palma Vita automatic wash and dry unit in place of a standard WC. Looking like a conventional toilet, the Clos-o-Mat has in-built washing and drying facilities, which deliver consistent quality of cleanliness without the need for user or carer to manually wipe with toilet tissue.
COVENTRY HOME LEADS THE WAY
IN SKINCARE A care home has become only the second in Coventry and Warwickshire to receive accreditation for preventing painful pressure ulcers and looking after residents’ skin.
Arden Park Care Home in Coventry, part of the Clarendon Care Group, has been awarded the University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Tissue Viability Accreditation – something it is
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“Sadly, a number of teenagers and adults with complex learning disabilities have been unable previously to enjoy our activities because they need these full toilet and personal hygiene facilities,” said Reading Mencap trustee Ralph Godbold. “Often this has meant they have limited options for socialising and enjoying the benefits our clubs are designed to offer, and their carers/parents are denied the respite available when their charges are in our hands. The new toilet means there are now suitable facilities for our members so they can stay longer
offering to its own nurses as part of a campaign to stop pressure ulcers.
Only one other in more than 80 care homes across Coventry and Warwickshire has the accreditation for staff who are trained to react to red skin.
It means they are able to relieve and prevent pressure ulcers and advise families on what measures to take. Arden Park’s care staff complete daily skin checks at the 31-bed care home and have introduced skin integrity care plans for residents.
Arden Park manager Debbie Hambridge said: “The training and
and make the most of our services and events; we have a number of individuals who will now be able to attend our functions, where previously they couldn’t because of their need for these specialist toilet facilities.
Clos-o-Mat is unique in being able to offer, in-house, design advice, supply, install, commissioning and ongoing service/maintenance, backed up by in-house project management of a Changing Places toilet or hygiene room.
www.clos-o-mat.com
daily checks means our staff are fully aware of the risks of pressure ulcers and how quickly skin conditions can change. This will help us to prevent them occurring and reduce the risks to our residents, so they can enjoy life without the discomfort these skin conditions can bring.”
Staff at the Armscott Road home were presented with their award at a ceremony at University Hospital in Coventry and Warwickshire’s clinical sciences department.
The hospital has been running a campaign to stop pressure ulcers by training NHS nurses to react to red skin.
www.tomorrowscare.co.uk
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