Rylands Nursing Home in Newport has been awarded a gold standard for ‘end of life’ care at a ceremony in London.
The town care home was presented with the top accolade after successfully passing the National Gold Standards Framework for Care Homes Training Programme (GSFCH).
Rylands is one of 35 homes from across the country to be recognised for their quality ‘end of life’ care at the ceremony and in total 112 homes nationawide have now been accredited by the GSFCH.
Rylands manager Tracie Peate said: “All of the members of the Rylands team aim to provide the highest standards of nursing care. High quality end of life care forms part of this.
“We are delighted that our work has been recognised by accreditation with commendation by GSF.
Owner, Lynn Cowling said: “We will continue to develop our work in this area making Rylands the home of choice for those needing nursing or palliative care.
“For those with nursing needs there is the additional reassurance that they will not need to move or be sent into hospital against their wishes if their needs change and they require palliative care.”
GSFCH aims for ‘gold standard’ care to be provided, enabling residents to receive a better quality of care in their final years of life.
Care homes that have been accredited and received the GSF Quality Hallmark Award have demonstrated a halving of hospital deaths and crisis admissions.
GSF National Clinical Lead Professor Keri Thomas said: “We are aiming to develop a national momentum of excellence, with homes aspiring to this high standard of care.
“We can see the real practical changes made in patterns of working, improved outcomes for residents but also the change in morale and confidence of staff- some even say this is ‘life changing’ for them.”
