St. Joseph's House Information Pack
MEALTIMES Breakfast7:00am-10:30am
Buffet style breakfast in the main dining room Mid-Morning Tea
11:30am Dinner
1:00pm
A four course meal is served in the dinning room at each day with a two choice menu. Mid-Afternoon Tea
3.30pm
Tea and biscuits served in each of the common rooms Teatime
5.30pm
A light meal is served in the main dinning room each evening. Additionally to this all residents have use of five residents communal kitchens at all times. MEDICAL & NURSING SERVICES
A range of medical and alternative therapies are available within St Joseph’s and include: Medical Officer: St. Joseph’s employs it’s own doctor and our GP Clinic takes place within St Joseph’s every Tuesday. Dual Qualified Registered Nurses: St Joseph’s employs five nurses who are on site between 10:00am-2:00pm, 5:30pm-9:30pm 7 days a week. Also, we use a system, if necessary, that the last nurse on duty is on-call until the next nurse comes on duty. All prescription medicines are administered by nursing staff in accordance with current Nursing Home Standards and our own localised policy, that is approved by the INO (Irish Nurses Organisation) and a ‘five point auditing system’. Reflexologist: We employ our own reflexologist each Wednesday and Thursday who tends to each of our residents in a one-to-one ‘alternative medicine’ session. This includes reflexology, massage and personal care. The reflexologist works closely with our nursing staff to complement our overall care for our residents. Chiropodist: A chiropodist attends St. Joseph’s on a regular basis. Optician and Dentist: Arrangements are in place with local services, and annual optician and 6 monthly dentistry appointments are supported. In all of the above, residents are of course free to make their own private arrangements which staff are happy to facilitate. OTC-Medications:Presently our medication policy discourages residents from self medicating with OTC (over the counter) pain medications. This is reviewed on an individual resident basis, as such medications can obscure or hide diagnostic symptoms that are more serious in nature. STAFF COVER - CARE
There are Care staff on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- All care staff, communicate through ISL (Irish Sign Language)
- All new staff are required to undertake two years training in ISL
- All Care and ancillary staffare required to attend relevant specialist training given on site, which includes the following:
- Occupational First Aid
- Manual Handling
- Training in the usage of ‘Person’ hoists
- Fire & Safety training
- Fire Drills (evacuation)
- Practical training in providing and following ‘Daily Activation’ (Resident daily activities’)
- Deaf Awareness
- Deafblind Awareness, including a high level of practial training in ‘Guiding’ and Deafblind communication.
Each resident has an allocated Care Staff contact person, who works to develop a closer, more personal, relationship with a particular resident
All new residents are allocated a keyworker who acts as follows:
- Liaison, both, within St. Joseph’s and with relevant external agencies;
- Assists the new resident to settle-in
- Facilitates any specific needs, interests or activities.
A range of activities both within St Joseph’s and externally are managed by the activities co-ordination team, that is led by the Activities Coordinator. There are a variety of activities and occupations that are coordinated on every day in the week, some of which are weather dependant and includes, for example: LIST OF ACTIVITIES
- Bingo: Once a Month
- Cooking: Buns, Pastries, Bread, and Smoothies, etc.
- Beauty: Hand Nail Care, Hand Massage
- Art: Painting, Colouring, Tracing
- Drumming Club One Saturday each month
- Crafts: Candle Decoration, Card Making, Flower Arranging, and Sewing
- Exercise Class: Gentle -Sit Down Weekly
- Games: Jig Saws, Card Games, Board Games, Snooker, Darts, Bowls in Garden Weather Permitting
- Literacy: We run a literacy course that is facilitated by the IDS, this course can accommodate 4 residents at a time.
- Current Affairs: News Discussion, Sharing of Information
- Outings: Bowling, Shopping, Restaurant, Pubs, Museums, Park and Local Walks
- Seasonal Parties: Halloween -Fancy Dress, Fashion Show, Christmas, Easter Parties
- Hairdressing : Every Monday residents can avail of the visiting services of a professional (both male and female)
- Laundry : A full in-house and domestic service operates within St. Joseph’s House
- Cleaning : Whilst the residents are encouraged to keep autonomy and maintain their rooms in a tidy and clean fashion, sometimes, with the assistance of their key-worker, should any resident need, or wish for the cleaning staff to attend to their room they are freely provided with this service.
