Orchard Care Homes
Orchard Care Homes has been running and managing care homes across the UK for over a decade.
With a strong reputation in the care industry, they provide quality care for the elderly with a particular focus on enhanced dementia care across 24 homes in the UK.
Orchard prides itself on its people and delivering a person-centred approach to care. Orchard has a strong and dedicated team whose focus is on enhancing the lives of residents. Since implementing PainChek®, Orchard Care Homes has achieved significant positive outcomes, including*:
- 100% increase in frequency of pain assessments
- 50% increase in number of residents on regular pain relief as a result of newly identified pain
- 50% reduction in distressed behaviours thought to be associated with pain
- 48% reduction in all PRNs
- 33% reduction of antipsychotic drug use (46% stopped use)
- 29% reduction in use of benzodiazepines & PRN (46% stopped use)
- 92% reduction in quantity of Safeguarding reported incidents
- Each home is saving 6-10 hours per month using PainChek®
*Data collected between March 2020 and September 2021 – 18 month case study.
Read the full case study in the downloadable PDF.
Hannah Miller, Head of Dementia at Orchard Care Homes, shared:
“Integration of PainChek® in Orchard Care Homes’ electronic care plan has been a real game changer, enabling our care teams to closely monitor and assess the pain experience of individuals in their care using a mobile care device, providing staff with a long-term view of when a resident is likely to experience pain.
The PainChek® app has been pivotal to our ‘Dementia Promise’ and improving the overall wellbeing of many of the residents living in our homes.”
