SAFEGUARDING
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Are outdated processes risking the safeguarding of residents in care, asks Ollie Brand, CEO at procure-to-pay firm, Zupa.
Caring for the vulnerable and elderly is time-consuming and demanding. It requires specialist skills and knowledge, particularly in the case of the safeguarding of residents. From medicine management, to dealing with accidents, nutrition and inclusion, care home staff are having to deal with multiple challenges on a daily basis in the quest to protect people’s right to live in safety, and oſten with little resource.
“86% of care workers admit that vital aspects of care
provision are suffering at the hands of outdated and time- consuming procedures.”
While positive risk taking is oſten encouraged in care homes today, there are still a number of concerns linked to the primary
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risks that can affect resident’s safety, health and wellbeing on a daily basis. Whether that is managing risks such as falls, poor nutrition, pressure sores or even lack of social inclusion, risk assessment and care plans can be complex and resource- intensive to manage, review and monitor.
Recent research has also raised several concerns from overstretched care home professionals across the UK. 86% of care workers admit that vital aspects of care provision are suffering at the hands of outdated and time-consuming procedures. With a shortage of staff and only so many hours in the day, many care workers are struggling to fulfil their day-to-day roles, which is having a knock-on effect in the overall quality of residential care. This also means the safeguarding of those in care could be at risk.
In the same study, care workers also revealed they can’t provide the quality of care that they would like to due to the level of time they spend on admin and as a result, more than a third of care home managers say that keeping up with time intensive processes like day-to-day menu planning, allergens management, and recording resident data around nutrition and hydration, worries them. These are all potential alarm bells for safeguarding and interestingly, two thirds of care home staff admitted that quality
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