But with the restrictions being eased, we went back to our residents, we organised forums during a dedicated period of consultation, to ask detailed questions about how they felt during the lockdown
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Sense of continuity
As a way of getting back to some sense of normality, we asked our residents what they missed the most, and almost everyone said it was going outside and seeing people.
Sense of purpose
The need to continue to make things happen for our residents gave us a challenge to rise to and being able to rise to the challenge has brought a kind of aspiration to take on difficult tasks.
Sense of significance
I realised that my reaction was part of a normal response to stress, being put in such a traumatic situation, and challenged in a way that I had never been before.
Improving health and healthcare
The COVID-19 Recovery and Rehabilitation project was kindly funded by The Rayne Foundation to help care homes share with each other what they are doing to help individuals living, dying, visiting and working in care homes for older people to move on from COVID-19....
Supporting good end-of-life
As many can appreciate, through the lockdown, care homes experienced the loss of many residents in quick succession. Sometimes this happened whilst they were in hospital, and there was no opportunity to say a proper goodbye.
Creating community
Community has always been an important aspect of our home. And the new way of life in our home presented such difficulties for us in creating community or engaging with others.
Developing the Workforce
The training needs of the care home workforce is ever-changing and, in the pandemic, this awareness has been intensified.
Maintaining identity
Before the lockdown, we prided ourselves on our person-centred care, always engaging with our residents at an individual level. When the pandemic started, we quickly found ourselves doing things differently.
Facilitating transitions
Having a loved one move into a care home can be a tough and painful experience for everyone. This is clearly a major transition.