At Devon Lodge Residential Care Home, our care philosophy is built around person centred care, placing each individual at the heart of everything we do.
We believe that every resident is unique. That’s why every care plan we create is fully personalised, tailored to reflect individual needs, preferences, and life experiences. From the very first meeting with a resident and their family, we focus on delivering care that promotes dignity, independence, and wellbeing.
Person centred care is an approach that focuses on the individual, rather than just their medical condition or care needs.
It considers:
This ensures care is not only effective, but also meaningful and respectful.
Understanding why person centred care is important can help families make informed decisions about care.
This approach:
At Devon Lodge, this philosophy shapes every aspect of daily life.
We actively follow the key principles of person centred care to ensure the highest standard of support:
There are many benefits of person centred care, including:
Families also gain peace of mind knowing their loved one is receiving truly personalised care.
Person centred care in dementia is a key focus at Devon Lodge Residential Care Home.
We have introduced a Virtual Reality Dementia Experience alongside specialist training for our staff. This helps our team better understand:
Our training ensures staff can provide compassionate, informed care that prioritises the individual.
Mr Smith, who is a widow and has dementia, is trying to find his way out of the residence, you are trying to stop him. He tells you his wife is at home waiting for him. “She is ill and needs me, please help me to get out of here, can’t you see it’s cruel to keep me here when I should go home.” How do you react?
To deal with this situation our staff are taught techniques to allay fear and to validate the feelings of our dementia clients. All behaviour has meaning, including behaviour in dementia, and purpose. It can sometimes be difficult to find out the reason behind a particular behaviour. Blaming dementia can result in missed opportunities to understand changed perceptions and alleviate underlying illness or injury or fear and frustration.
We consider our philosophy of care to promote:
“Good Care is based on understanding and to do goodness to a person means to increase their dignity. Ideal Care could be defined as an attitude and supportive actions which make a person feel valued, safe, nurtured and cared for, regardless of their illness, irrespective of their gender, race, creed, past achievements or their short comings as a human being”
GMM Jones 2002
