Following inspections carried out last summer, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a review of privacy, dignity and nutrition in both care homes and hospitals.
The Dignity and Nutrition Inspection Programme (DANI) found that while most older people are having their needs met, a number of hospitals and care homes need to make improvements. Improvements were identified in the way people’s nutritional needs are being met by hospitals, with 88% of those visited making sure people were helped to eat and drink – compared to 83% in 2011. However, fewer hospitals are respecting people’s privacy and dignity, with 82% meeting people’s needs compared to 88% in 2011. CQC inspectors saw call bells left unanswered, leaving people without help to get to the toilet and without support for other needs.
