Enter and View: Grovelands, Yeovil
Our report following a visit to Grovelands, a large modern purpose built building with 61 single rooms in Yeovil.
The home was notified about the Enter & View visit three weeks prior to the visit. The home is split into two sections, the main residential unit and a specialist dementia care unit called ‘Petals’.
Recommendations
- Some of the signs could be larger for example the sign to the lift.
- Consider ways of involving the local community, e.g. visits by scouts, hosting local clubs.
- Share the Activities list (Appendix A) with activities staff and residents to further broaden the activities provided.
- Talk to other organisations about the sharing of minibuses - such as Rethink, local schools and scout groups.
- Speak to the Patient Engagement Manager at YDH and request that the concerns regarding information sharing are passed to the Director of Nursing.
- Social Service Reviews – some residents have been waiting 3 years for an annual review. To find out if this is a concern for other homes.
This report was produced by the previous Healthwatch Somerset service provider, The Care Forum.
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Enter and View report: Grovelands, Yeovil
