Survey results show Irish Nursing Homes in a good state
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Majority of Irish?nursing home residents get good care, HIQA's first national survey shows
A new Survey's results are revealed today (1/11/22) and generally things are looking good in the Care Home sector. The first?National Nursing Home Experience Survey, conducted by HIQA?between March and May 2022, asked a representative sample of nursing homes residents?in Ireland, and their family members or friends, to share their experiences of nursing homes.?
Why now?
The survey wanted to learn?from their experiences in order to improve the care provided in Irish?nursing homes and take any learnings from the recent Covid experience also.
A total of 53 nursing homes, chosen at randon from defined categories, took part in the survey. The survey sample was created by dividing all registered nursing homes into groups based on three characteristics:?
Findings?
See the survey report text for all the exact stats. We will select key findings here for brevity.
Areas highlighted included the need to support residents in terms of their emotional wellbeing and participation in activities, food service?and safekeeping of belongings.
The survey found no significant differences in the overall experience of residents based on the nursing home size or provider type.
Interestingly, it includes sample comments made by residents and relatives and?friends in response to the open-ended questions. Comments included reflect both?positive experiences and areas for improvement.
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Does Size Matter?
There were no significant differences in residents’ rating of their overall experiencebased on the size, region or provider type of the nursing home. However, there were?differences for two of the six themes addressed in the survey.?
Noteworthy was?the face-to-face care experiences. Here smaller was better. Compared to the?national average, residents in nursing homes with 40 or fewer beds reported a more?positive experience with caregivers and staff in the nursing home and with the living??environment in the nursing home.?
Good news
Overall, most residents who participated in the survey said they had either a good or?a very good experience in their nursing home. Residents were particularly positive?about the living environment in the nursing home, and the staff and care givers.?
However, 9.6% of residents said that they had a fair-to-poor experience, and scores?for individual themes indicate that there is room for improvement in particular?aspects of care such as?
The better experience achieved with more?staff interaction, more face time and quality time is a hallmark of well-run smaller homes
What does this indicate?
Underlying problems with staff retention, hiring, training and productivity are well known issues bothe here and more acutely in the UK, and could give rise to such end results. Releasing staff from slow administration and onerous record keeping activities by the adoption of the latest IT tools creates extra staff time.?Larger homes in particular?need to increase staff productivity to gain?this extra face time with residents and mimic the smaller home atmosphere.
Help is at Hand
These issues can be solved now. Innovative solutions are at hand, such as InselCare's Nursing Home platform (e.g. EMAR, Point of Care, Careplans, see more info here)?achieves this and will reclaim this precious quality time for communicating deeply with residents in a less stressed and?personal way. That seems to be what the residents say they want.
The full 58-page report?' the National Nursing?Home Experience Survey' can be read?at www.yourexperience.ie.