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Shared and Communal Facilities in Care Homes (Scotland) Policy

Policy Statement

This policy set outs the values, principles and policies underpinning {{org_field_name}}’s approach to its shared facilities.

It is in line with national care standards, My Support, My Life, which require service providers to ensure that people experience high-quality care and that they have confidence in their care providers to provide safe, effective person-centred care that always maintains people’s dignity and respect and promotes their social lives and wellbeing. For example:

• 5.16: The premises have been adapted, equipped, and furnished to meet my needs and wishes
• 5.21: I am able to access a range of good quality equipment and furnishings to meet my needs, wishes and choices
• 5.22: I experience an environment that is well looked after with clean, tidy, and well – maintained premises, furnishings and equipment.

People should expect their quality of life to be enhanced by the provision of safe, well-maintained and comfortable indoor and outdoor communal facilities. Everyone has the right to live their life with privacy, dignity, independence and choice and that the quality of the home environment is a key factor in this regard.

“Shared facilities” refers to the communal facilities within the home that are for everyone living in the home to share. Such areas include the lounge, dining room, rooms for meeting visitors privately, hallways and gardens.

Shared and Communal Facilities Policy

Note:

This description will vary from home to home and will reflect the Statement of Purpose and the home’s brochures.

The purpose of the home is to provide comfortable, family-like care. The premises are thus divided into small units, each with its own communal focus and community area.

The environment has been designed to encourage and support people’s independence while promoting their support and safety through comprehensive risk assessment and management procedures. The provision of private rooms and quiet, restful areas has been balanced with homely, communal areas where people can mix and be with each other. While people may elect to eat their meals in their rooms, they are encouraged to eat in the communal dining room, reflecting the home’s belief that mealtimes are an important social occasion.

All communal areas of the home are:

• well decorated with domestic style lighting and good-quality domestic style furniture
• set out in such a way as to avoid any “institutional” feel or atmosphere
• kept clean and tidy with all precautions taken to prevent infections and the spreading of infections
• fully accessible to people with disabilities and mobility needs and those using wheelchairs or other aids
• provided with facilities to keep people occupied and stimulated in line with their interests and assessed needs.

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