not to be forced to do anything against your…

not to be forced to do anything against your will
RIGHTS IN ACTION
One Home has drawn up a more extensive list of practical rights which goes into detail about every aspect of life in the Home.
Each new resident and member of staff is given this and they find it very helpful. The manager’s comments are printed underneath the points they refer to. You may register with a doctor, dentist, chiropodist of your choice.
“We have as many as fifteen GP’s attached to this Home because our residents like to see a doctor they know.”
You may have access to physiotherapists, community nursing, other nursing services provided by the health authority or private agency nurses.
You may have access to your room at all times and have the privacy to lock your room door and any cupboard inside your room. “Every door has its own lock, and residents also have a safe for valuables.”
You may make a complaint by using a special complaint card which will be seen by the manager of the Home.
You may contribute to running the Home by attending its residents’ committee meetings. “We have a residents’ meeting once a month.
At the moment it’s chaired by one of the senior staff.
They talk about any problems, maybe with other clients and things like that and ask for suggestions. It’s mostly changes of menu that the discussion goes round.
Or for instance, we decorated two of our lounges and the residents discussed what paints and paper they’d like on the walls.” You may control the spending of the Home’s amenity fund.
“We have to raise money ourselves to do any outings, we’re given a very small budget so we have fund raising events, and the clients have total say about how we use that.” You may get up and go to bed when you please.
“Some clients stay up till two o’clock in the morning.