CIW People's Rights, Choice, Consent and Welsh Language Audit - Care Homes
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Answers Overview
Questions
0/26 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Governance: Is there a current rights, equality, choice, consent and Welsh-language policy framework that reflects legislation, CIW guidance and the service's statement of purpose?
Evidence to check
- • Current rights, equality, consent and Welsh-language policies with review dates
- • Evidence of alignment with CIW guidance and the statement of purpose
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Rights in practice: Do people experience care that protects their dignity, privacy, respect, safety, voice, choice and control in everyday life?
Evidence to check
- • Observation of everyday care and interactions
- • Feedback from people and representatives about dignity, respect, choice and control
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Choice: Are people supported to make meaningful day-to-day choices about routines, personal care, food and drink, clothing, activities, visitors, sleep and use of their time?
Evidence to check
- • Sample plans and daily records showing individual choices and routines
- • Observation or feedback confirming choices are honoured
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Independence: Are people enabled to maintain, regain or develop independence and take positive risks, rather than having unnecessary restrictions imposed for staff convenience?
Evidence to check
- • Independence and positive-risk plans
- • Examples showing restrictions were avoided, reduced or reviewed
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Privacy: Are personal information, correspondence, possessions, personal space and conversations respected, with private opportunities to communicate with family, friends and advocates?
Evidence to check
- • Observation of privacy, personal space and confidential-information arrangements
- • Feedback about correspondence, possessions, visitors and private conversations
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Relationships: Are people supported to maintain relationships, intimacy, sexuality, family life, friendships and community connections in ways that reflect their wishes and rights?
Evidence to check
- • Care plans covering relationships, intimacy, family and community links
- • Evidence of support for contact, visits and meaningful relationships
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Identity: Do care and support plans reflect and staff respect each person's identity, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, religion, culture and personal history?
Evidence to check
- • Sample plans recording identity, culture, faith, history and personal preferences
- • Staff discussion or observation showing respectful practice
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Equality: Does the service identify and address discrimination, harassment, exclusion, inaccessible practice or unequal outcomes for people using the home?
Evidence to check
- • Equality, inclusion and anti-discrimination policy
- • Incident, complaint, feedback or audit evidence showing inequalities were identified and addressed
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Voice: Are people able to express views, raise concerns, participate in decisions and influence the running of the home through communication methods that work for them?
Evidence to check
- • Resident meetings, surveys, accessible feedback routes and care-plan reviews
- • Examples of people influencing decisions or service improvements
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Advocacy: Are people informed about and supported to access independent advocacy when they need help to understand, communicate, challenge or take part in decisions?
Evidence to check
- • Advocacy information, referrals and support records
- • Evidence people were supported to understand and use advocacy where needed
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Consent: Is valid consent sought and recorded for care, support, treatment, information sharing, photographs and other decision-specific interventions, with information presented in a way the person can understand?
Evidence to check
- • Consent records for sampled care, treatment, information-sharing or other decisions
- • Accessible information and communication support used to obtain consent
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Capacity: Where there is doubt about a person's capacity for a particular decision, is a decision-specific assessment completed in line with the Mental Capacity Act and reviewed when circumstances change?
Evidence to check
- • Decision-specific capacity assessments and review dates
- • Evidence assessments were completed when doubt existed and reflected changing circumstances
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Best interests: Where a person lacks capacity, are best-interest decisions made lawfully, individually and with appropriate involvement of the person, family, advocate and relevant professionals?
Evidence to check
- • Best-interest decision records and meeting notes
- • Evidence of person, family, advocate and professional involvement
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Liberty and restrictions: Are restrictions on a person's movement, contact, choice or care arrangements identified, necessary, proportionate, least restrictive and supported by lawful authority where required?
Evidence to check
- • Restriction assessments, risk plans and less-restrictive alternatives considered
- • Lawful authority and review arrangements where relevant
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DoLS: Where a deprivation of liberty may be occurring, are applications, authorisations, conditions, notifications, reviews and challenges managed promptly and in line with legal requirements?
Evidence to check
- • DoLS applications, authorisations, conditions, notifications and review tracker
- • Evidence conditions are implemented and people are supported to challenge where appropriate
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Restrictive practice: Where control, restraint or restrictive practice is used, is it a last resort, proportionate to risk, recorded fully, reviewed regularly and used to reduce—not normalise—restriction?
Evidence to check
- • Restrictive-practice records, incident reports and reviews
- • Trend analysis, reduction plans and governance oversight
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Communication: Are communication needs assessed and met through suitable aids, accessible information, interpreters, sensory support and staff approaches?
Evidence to check
- • Communication assessments, aids, interpreters and accessible-information examples
- • Staff approaches and evidence needs are met in practice
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Welsh language: Are each person's Welsh-language needs and preferences identified at assessment, recorded in their plan and reviewed as their needs or circumstances change?
Evidence to check
- • Assessment and care-plan records of Welsh-language needs and preferences
- • Review records showing arrangements remain current
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Welsh language: Does the service make an active offer of Welsh-language care and communication, so people do not have to ask repeatedly to receive a service in Welsh?
Evidence to check
- • Evidence of an active-offer approach in admission, care and communication
- • Feedback from Welsh-speaking people or representatives
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Welsh language: Are Welsh-speaking staff, interpreters or other suitable arrangements available and used where needed to support meaningful communication, care, consent and decision-making?
Evidence to check
- • Welsh-speaking workforce information, interpreter access or alternative arrangements
- • Examples supporting care, consent or decision-making in Welsh
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Welsh language: Are written information, signs, activities, menus and service communications available bilingually or in Welsh where this is needed or preferred?
Evidence to check
- • Bilingual or Welsh signage, menus, written guides and service information
- • Evidence formats meet the person's actual needs and preferences
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Welsh language and culture: Does the service actively promote Welsh language, culture, community links and personal heritage in everyday life, not only on special occasions?
Evidence to check
- • Activities, community links and cultural opportunities supporting Welsh language and heritage
- • Feedback showing this is meaningful to people using the service
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Workforce: Do staff receive training and supervision on human rights, equality, consent, capacity, advocacy, restrictive practice and Welsh-language awareness relevant to their role?
Evidence to check
- • Training and supervision records on rights, equality, consent, capacity, advocacy, restrictive practice and Welsh language
- • Competency, reflective-practice or staff-feedback evidence
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Records: Are rights, choices, consent, capacity, best-interest decisions, restrictions, advocacy and Welsh-language arrangements recorded accurately, securely and kept current?
Evidence to check
- • Sample current records for consent, capacity, advocacy, restrictions and Welsh-language arrangements
- • Record-quality audit and confidentiality checks
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Assurance: Does the service audit rights, choice, consent, restrictive practice, equality and Welsh-language provision, using feedback from people and representatives to test actual experience?
Evidence to check
- • Recent rights, equality, consent, restrictive-practice and Welsh-language audits
- • Feedback from people and representatives plus action-plan evidence
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Continuous improvement: Do findings about rights, choice, consent and Welsh language inform the quality of care review, with actions checked for sustained improvement in people's experience?
Evidence to check
- • Quality of care review report and rights/Welsh-language trend analysis
- • Evidence of completed and sustained improvements to people's experience
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