be sufficient to allow the PLACE team to The assessment make informed judgements about those parts The assessment falls into five broad categories: of the site/organisation it does not visit; cleanliness; where possible, focus on areas of the site/ condition, appearance and maintenance organisation not included in recent PLACE food and hydration; assessments so that over a period of time privacy, dignity and wellbeing; and all areas will be assessed; dementia the team may also want to consider visiting There are a number of questions which are for areas of failure from the previous the organisation to answer, since these are assessment to check for improvement); factual. These questions should be answered include all buildings/wings of different ages before the assessment and copies provided to and conditions. Final decisions on which patient assessors. wards or areas of the site/organisation to be assessed should not be made until the day of Scope of the assessment the assessment, and should be a joint decision by all members of the team, For large sites/organisations, a minimum of 25 although the staff will have an important role per cent of wards (or ten, whichever is the to play in ensuring that the wards or areas greater) and a similar number of non-ward chosen are reflective of the range of services areas should be included in the assessment. and, where appropriate, the buildings and For smaller sites/organisations with ten wards wings that make up the site/organisation. or fewer, all should be included. In all cases the area assessed should:
The assessment The assessment falls into five broad categories: cleanliness; condition, appearance and maintenance food and hydration; privacy, dignity and wellbeing; and dementia There are a number of questions which are for the organisation to answer, since these are factual. These questions should be answered before the assessment and copies provided to patient assessors. Scope of the assessment For large sites/organisations, a minimum of 25 per cent of wards (or ten, whichever is the greater) and a similar number of non-ward areas should be included in the assessment. For smaller sites/organisations with ten wards or fewer, all should be included. In all cases the area assessed should: be sufficient to allow the PLACE team to make informed judgements about those parts of the site/organisation it does not visit; where possible, focus on areas of the site/ organisation not included in recent PLACE assessments so that over a period of time all areas will be assessed; the team may also want to consider visiting areas of failure from the previous assessment to check for improvement); include all buildings/wings of different ages and conditions. Final decisions on which wards or areas of the site/organisation to be assessed should not be made until the day of the assessment, and should be a joint decision by all members of the team, although the staff will have an important role to play in ensuring that the wards or areas chosen are reflective of the range of services and, where appropriate, the buildings and wings that make up the site/organisation.
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