Choosing a Home Care - Activities Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Sometimes people are concerned that if they move into a nursing home, will not be able to continue in their favorite activities or be forced to take on things that do not want.

According to the Department of Health British national minimum standards, nursing home managers and staff to ensure that proposed activities are sufficiently flexible to meet the needs of individual residents' and preferences. They must ensure that they are to make a recordthe interests of all residents and give them the opportunity to participate in these activities. They must also make people the opportunity to make decisions about their lifestyle and to take into account their cultural and religious needs.

However, in order to ensure that the care home, who are considering suited for you, it's a good idea to visit them and ask questions about the activities available. Questions you might ask include:

·If the calendar of regular activities nursing home? What are these and you can choose whether to participate? It is also important to ask whether you will pay and participation in all events and activities.

· You can continue to participate in activities that they already enjoy, both inside and outside the take home with you? If you want to participate in an activity outside the home with the staff will be able to help you, if necessary, and can transportyou?

• If you have faith, you are in a position for your religion in a way that you want to implement in practice? Can be taken to a place of worship? Verify that it is capable of religious holidays or other special days that are important to celebrate it.

If · have home care, transportation and makes it his own to organize day trips or other outings?

· Residents are involved in planning activities? There is aResident's Committee?

· What other equipment and services to ensure the nursing home? There are no televisions or radios? There is a library service? One can imagine a newspaper? Some nursing homes to begin the various forms of entertainment, such as running their radio station or give residents the chance to play computer games.

· And the nursing home have a garden, and you can be involved in the garden?

• Iflove to cook, you will be able to cook, if you want?