Evidence your care home is safe
Evidence your care home is safe
Is your care home safe? This is one of the CQC’s five key lines of enquiry and a key quality regulators look for during an inspection. There are several ways you can create a safe service, including having a proactive and positive culture of safety, safeguarding residents and staff and ensuring you have enough qualified and experienced staff.
CareDocs is a care software that supports care businesses at all levels. It can help you demonstrate that your service is safe, which is extremely useful in an inspection scenario. We’ve highlighted some aspects of the software below which give you the ability to demonstrate the actions you take to create and maintain a safe service.
Implement safe systems
CareDocs is a digital care system that allows you to ensure various aspects of safety are managed, monitored and assured. It provides continuity of care across the business with person-centred tools like Care Assessments and Medication.
To protect residents, CareDocs assessments include questions on safeguarding to detect any possible indicators that need to be looked into. Other safety elements which support GDPR include recording consent and setting staff security permissions so people only see the information they need.
When residents need to move between different services, you can take advantage of other features including Emergency Admission Packs and the ability to print records or export them to PDF. This will supply the new service with the critical information necessary to continue providing the safest possible care.
Manage risks
To help prevent the spread of disease, you can use Form templates in CareDocs to assess and manage the risk of infection, such as COVID-19. There are also several audit forms available to help you assess your care, health and safety, maintenance and medication. These can be used to identify concerns and risks in the environment to make improvements as soon as possible.
To support the delivery of safe care and evidence your due diligence – when you perform maintenance and health and safety checks on various equipment and facilities – the information can be recorded in the system. You can keep track of maintenance details for mobility aids, lifts, PAT testing, electrical and gas servicing, vehicle servicing, fire safety, first aid supplies, medication storage, water temperatures and more.
Demonstrate professional practices
Staff Training and Policies and Procedures will support your workforce by keeping them up to date with their training and best practice. Good communication and access to essential information can help people to easier understand how to keep safe and the best way to achieve this.
The Supervisions tool enables you to record issues raised by staff to showcase that you have an open and honest working culture. Issues which regulators look for may include bullying, harassment, abuse, neglect, avoidable harm and discrimination. Additionally, there are digital forms any staff member can use record feedback from residents and visitors.
To demonstrate safety is taken seriously, be sure that your staff bring concerns to you, and keep track of the actions you are taking. This will show people are listened to and events are investigated and reported thoroughly. Having written examples of positive change at your care business will demonstrate lessons are learned to continually identify and embed good practices.
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Don’t just take our word for it
Thanks to the feedback of our customers we’ve grown a lot since our launch in 2008. However, one thing that remains the same is the values CareDocs was built upon. We’re committed to making a difference to the lives of people in the care sector and that starts with you.
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How can CareDocs benefit you?
Our software gives you freedom to work the way you want. With plenty of customisable settings, CareDocs caters to businesses of all sizes and staff of all levels. Don’t just take our word for it – our system is trusted by thousands of users across the UK working in small and large residential, nursing and domiciliary settings.
Benefits for your size of business
Our easy-to-use system was designed for businesses of all sizes. How you use CareDocs is up to you. The main focus is providing a top-quality service to the people in your care. Our software ensures this goal isn’t lost, whether you look after one or 1,000 individuals.
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