Improving Quality of Life for Older People in Long-Stay Care ...

DomainCompanionship/relationshipContinuitywith old life/communityIndependenceSpiritualityEducationalneedsGeneralCue questionsHow would you describe the relationships between residents?Are residents able to maintain contact with family and friendsfrom home?In general, are residents from the immediate area?Do people from the community, e.g. volunteers, come into visit? How often? What do they do?Do residents go out on visits/trips? How often? Where do they go?Who takes them?Are residents able to keep in touch with what’s happeningin their community/the wider community? How?Is there a focus on keeping residents as independent as possible?Are the support services to help with that available,e.g. physiotherapy, occupational therapy?Have you access to the aids etc. that you need?What do you think of the building itself in terms of promotingolder people’s independence?Is it possible to meet clients’ spiritual needs?Have you had an opportunity to attend a course/study day etc.recently?In the context of your work with older people, would you sayyour educational needs are met?What would you suggest or recommend?Is there anything else I should have asked you? Or that you’dlike to comment on?269