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Why Don't We Go into the Garden?: The Care Culture Map and Handbook: The Care Culture Map

By (author) Debbie Carroll, By (author) Mark Rendell, Edited by Sue Gordon, Illustrated by Paul Weston, Illustrated by Dawn Terrey, Photographs by Debbie Carroll

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Imagine moving into a care home and finding out that simply stepping outside, even into a secure garden, is not possible. Sadly, this is all too common a story and one that led the authors to undertake their research into what makes care home gardens, particularly for dementia, more actively used. This in-depth evidence based publication explores the role of care practices, the organisation's culture, on engagement levels outside and guides the care settings on a culture change journey towards person-centred care and, as a result, more active engagement outside. Their study found a correlation between the care culture of the organisation and how actively a garden was used. Those care homes practicing person-centred care engaged more often, and more naturally, outside in supporting their residents to live meaningful and enjoyable lives. They help to define person-centred care as seen through the eyes of engagement with the garden, which frequently reflects the wider culture of the organisation inside too. The easy to use 'Care Culture Map' is a culture change tool that makes makes this complex topic visually accessible to all. This enables detailed and open conversations with the whole team leading to the actions needed to improve care practices and benefit residents lives. A range of common themes are explored, overcoming frequently cited obstacles to stepping into the garden, enabling residents to gain the proven health and well-being benefits to be had there. Where physical changes, or a full garden design, is needed it supports the care setting to be more articulate of what is really needed, ensuring the long term, cost effective, use of gardens beyond the initial novelty period. This framework for working with other professionals such as landscape architects and garden designers is an approach the authors call 'Relationship-Centred Design'. Creating sensory, well-being and dementia friendly gardens in care homes, and other organisational settings, is explored from the Author's unique evidence-based study into 'Why aren't care home gardens more actively used even when designed to the latest design guidance'. Their extensive research, and findings, are revealed in this book and their deliberately paper based diagnostic tool the 'Care Culture Map' supports Care Home managers in involving the team directly in the changes to the organisation and garden that will benefit the lives of the residents for the long term. This strategic care home management resource includes the following, helping to reveal the often subtle practices that may be preventing engagement outside. 'Care Culture Map' diagnostic poster tool, folded like an OS Map 'Care Culture Handbook' Spiral bound, 48pp, 'Infographic poster', A3 folded to A4. The reader is led through investigations into several common themes that are sited as hindering engagement outside including: Health and safety, Open Door Policies, the Weather, and the role of care home Activities. While the infographic poster shares some key statistical quick win findings to get the conversation started with staff. The aim of this self-help publication is to support the organisational culture change often needed to enable residents living in care settings, and particularly those living with dementia, to be able to enjoy time in the garden, gaining the proven health benefits of getting outside, and to continue to do the meaningful activities they wish to do there.