Enter and View: Trinity Lodge
We visited Trinity Lodge nursing home to ensure that people who may be vulnerable and less able to raise their voices have the opportunity to speak to Healthwatch, and to look at how the residents' physical health needs are supported
We collected our information by speaking to the Manager, five members of staff, five residents and one visitor.
Our recommendations
- An additional Activity Worker, additional care staff or volunteers, so that there can be more activities organised either for groups or one-to-one and more residents are able to be accompanied to go out in the garden (weather permitting)
- Consider introducing more colour into the décor in corridors, perhaps a colour theme for each corridor so that residents can distinguish them more easily.
- Ensure that handrails are installed and maintained in the internal gardens.
- Doors to inner gardens to be left open on warm dry days to allow more air to circulate around the home and encourage residents to access outside space independently but safely.
