A Case Study: Safeguarding Dementia Patients at Hungerford Care Home

This report presents a case study on dementia care at Hungerford Care Home, focusing on safeguarding and protecting service users with dementia. The report includes an introduction to dementia, its symptoms, and the importance of proper care. The research aims to analyze the basic understanding of dementia, identify safeguarding methods, and evaluate the role of care professionals. Data analysis is presented through themes and frequency of responses, focusing on awareness of dementia, dignity maintenance, support for independence, consistency of care, and the focus on safeguarding. The conclusion highlights the importance of safeguarding dementia patients, and the recommendations suggest focusing on safeguarding techniques and the need for careful care by professionals. The report concludes with a list of references.

Improving The Health Of
Others Through Effective
Research
Title: “To examine the safeguarding and protect service user with dementia
in care home. A case study on Hungerford Care Home.”

Table of content
 Introduction
 Aims and objectives
 Data analysis
 Conclusion
 Recommendations
 References

Introduction
Dementia is a mental disorder which usually progressive with
age and results in degradation of cognitive function beyond a
certain level and age. In context of this investigation, it is based
on Hungerford Care Home which provides primary nursing care
to the patients having diseases and especially focuses on the care
of individuals suffering from dementia.

Aims and objectives
Research Aim
“To examine the safeguarding and protect service user with dementia in care
home. A case study on Hungerford Care Home.”
Research Objectives
 To analyse the basic understanding about dementia.
 To identify the ways of safeguarding and protect services users with
dementia in Hungerford Care Home.
 To evaluate the roles of care professionals in relation to dementia
patients.

Data analysis
Theme 1: The awareness about basic understanding of dementia.
Q1. Are you aware about the basic
understanding of dementia? Freq
uenc
y
Agree 10
Disagree 5
10
5
Agree
Disagree

Continue…
Theme 2: The maintenance of dignity by carer while treating.
Q2. Do your carers treat you with
dignity? Freq
uency
Yes 9
No 6 9
6
Yes
No

Continue…
Theme 3: The received support for maintaining independence.
Q3. Does the support you receive help to
maintain your independence? Freq
uenc
y
Strongly agree 5
Agree 4
Disagree 3
Strongly disagree 3
5
4
3
3 Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree

Continue…
Theme 4: The achievement of consistency while gaining care.
Q4. Do you have consistency i.e
regular carer? Frequency
Yes 8
No 7
8 7 Yes
No

Continue…
Theme 5: The focus of care practitioners towards safeguarding of dementia
patients.
Q5. Is safeguarding should be
focussed by care professionals in
relation to dementia patients?
Fre
que
ncy
Agree 5
Disagree 10
5
10
Agree
Disagree

Conclusion
From the above study, it has been concluded that dementia is a medical
disorder in which a person looses his memory and face difficulties in
solving problems, communication and other thinking abilities. It includes
discussion about symptoms, causes, diagnosing methods, treatment and risk
factors of dementia. However, it consist the ways of safeguarding the
dementia patients including intake of balanced diet, physical exercise,
intellectual activities, better sleep, digital tools and digital screening.

Recommendations
Considering above investigation, it has been recommended that safeguarding
and protecting techniques should be focussed to secure patients of
dementia. It is essential to protect them from neglected social atmosphere
and other harmful people because inappropriate behaviours of society
impact negatively ion psychological condition of an individual. It is
suggested that care professionals to should remain careful while dealing
with such people with dementia in order to provide them desired support
and care for improving their condition.

References
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Górska, S. and et. al., 2016. Family group conferencing in dementia care: an
exploration of opportunities and challenges. International
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Mackay, K., 2017. The UK policy context for safeguarding adults: Rights-
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pp.35-49.