Vision and Mission Statement
“To enable residents to enjoy a high quality of life, living independently in their own home for as long as possible”.
We will strive to help residents to achieve this by:
- Providing easy access to high quality practical support and, if and when necessary, direct care
- Providing a high quality, well-maintained, safe and secure physical environment
- Providing opportunities for stimulation through social contact and activities
- Respecting the individuality and dignity of each and every resident, irrespective of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
- Actively seeking the views of residents, taking account of them and, whenever possible, acting upon them.
Doughty’s Domiciliary Care Service (DDCS)
“Is to provide all residents of Doughty’s with easy access to high quality practical support and, if and when necessary, direct care”.
Our objectives in order to achieve this are:
- To regularly assess individual resident’s needs for support and care in conjunction with them and, with their consent and their relatives.
- With the residents consent, and full involvement, to develop and agree an individual support and care plan.
- To deliver high quality services in residents’ own flats to meet their agreed and assessed needs.
- To evaluate the effect of the support and care provided to each resident, including, essentially, taking full account of the residents’ own opinions.
- In the light of the resident’s changing needs and the evaluation of services delivered (section c above), to revise the individual support and care plan and to modify the services accordingly, with the full involvement and consent of the resident.
