Firs Residence

JUSTIFY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES IN MAINTAINING HEALTH AND SAFETY IN A SELECTED HEALTH OR SOCIAL CARE SETTING.

Case study 3: Firs Residence

The Firs Residence is a 10 bedded facility for older people who have

dementia. Each resident has their own room on the ground floor. There is

also a day room, a dining room and a garden. The garden gate is broken

and so occasionally the residents wander out and two have been brought back by a concerned police officer, who found them wandering in the local park.

Elise J. has recently been admitted to the residence, following the death of

her husband who was her fulltime carer. Elise has bouts of confusing andcan become angry if she does not receive a satisfactory answer to her questions. Elise is a retired university lecturer and insists on being called

Doctor, rather than by her first name.

Elise has complained that she has lost items from her room since she

arrived. These included a hairbrush and a gold bangle. Both were found,

hidden under a pile of clothes on the chair next to the bed.

Later that afternoon, Elise complained that money had gone from her purse, after

her room was cleaned.

Because of the previous incident, where it was assumed that Elise had

hidden the items herself, no one took any notice. A member of staff was

heard telling Elise, that it would turn up and not to make a fuss.

Elise became distressed and then angry, stating that no one cared now

that she was old and ill. Because of her dementia, Elise finds it hard to

express herself and feels that she is being taken advantage of.

The day manager recorded in the diary, that Elise had misplaced the

money but that it had now been found in a drawer, which it had not