Privacy rights

I have my own fridge/freezer so I do buy some ready meals and I also buy things that the carers will come in and cook for me.. it does help that I shop online and then the delivery person will often put the majority of things away for me.

I have a body wash in the morning and other than that I occasionally get them to make a meal for me.. as I have said the most of them are lovely people.

Put a little note on the bathroom door, asking 'people' to please wait until invited before entering.
I know someone who lives in a similar set up to you, and she loves it!

Not to worry BlueBelle.. I'm sure there is lots of people who think that it's a hoax as it does sound too good to be true.

Dragonfly .. I think you are right as this is a very good place to be and better to let things lie than make a big commotion about it.

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£140 per week? Bargain!!

Yes .. I agree Dragonfly .. I have a very lovely place here and it's not worth making a big deal about it although I will be keeping it in mind for an appropriate time. We have regular meetings about everything when we can voice our opinions and /or make any objections.

I was in the process of putting pictures on here last night when my computer froze but I am sure that you could see those that were put on Facebook anyway.
Pictures in order of showing - café - kitchen area [I don't have the table and chairs] - restaurant - bedroom [mine is pink ] - outside showing balconies - hairdresser's - outside the café with picnic tables and chairs.
All these are from the show home and exactly how they are.

My sister is in a care home: the staff knock then enter, though if she called out as you did, they might wait. But usually she needs a lot of supervision, so they need to go in uninvited to make sure she is alright.
Your set up does seem different though. I would certainly bring it up at your next meeting.

... and just to finish .. my rent is 140pounds a week which is paid for me by SS. although I know that will cause a lot of controversy but that is what has been agreed to anyway. I do pay about 98pounds for the care package.

By the way .. my online keyboard doesn't have a pound button and even though my [physical] one does it won't put the pound sign on! .. it's not as if the pound is no longer used! seems strange to me

Sorry about your sister Cabbie but it's nice to know she is being taken care of .. and yes .. certainly is good that they go in to make sure she's okay but in my case the majority are aware that I don't have much care as it's not necessary.

I'm definitely going to find myself somewhere like this to live when the time comes.

Emmaline Do your carers possess magical properties?

couple of weeks ago one of the male carers came straight in even though the door was locked
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Privacy means little in the age of personal computing. In minutes any one can find out anything about you and everyone is ready to broadcast everything anyone might want to know

I suspect the lock had an emergency release so that someone could be reached in an emergency even though the door was locked.

I think privacy is very very important. When choosing a care home for a relative, I immediately rejected a nice care home I visited when the person showing me round just opened a door and walked into a resident's room without knocking.

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