Launceston dementia care home receives 'Butterfly Approach' accreditation
This dementia specialist care home has been reaccrediated for its Butterfly Approach to care
Beaumont Court is a dementia specialist care home in Launceston (Image: Beaumont Court)
A Launceston dementia care home is celebrating after being re-accredited for fostering a ‘person-centred care culture where people are free to be themselves’.
Beaumont Court was first accredited for fostering The Butterfly Approach, by Meaningful Care Matters in 2018 and now again this year.
The Butterfly Approach focuses on creating a person-centred care culture where people are ‘free to be me’.
The model values emotional intelligence, domestic household living, and the core belief that everyone living with a dementia has a unique story that has meaning and matters.
Meaningful Care Matter said it is about ‘putting the focus back on people and their emotions by helping carers access the interior world of the person they are caring for’.
Peter Bewert, managing director of care consultancy firm Meaningful Care Matters, said: “These accreditations highlight the outstanding work being done to transform the cultures of social care settings.
"Ultimately, we want to create places where overall wellbeing is increased, staff practice is reinvigorated, and safeguarding, mandatory reporting, and staff turnover is reduced. It’s coming back to the art and heart of care, where people, and moments, matter.”
Beaumont Court was described by Meaningful Care Matters as having an outstanding service with a model of care that provides a meaningful engagement experience.
Diane Kehoe, home manager at the care home in Launceston, Cornwall, said: “We’re delighted to be re-accredited as a Butterfly home by Meaningful Care Matters.
"These are challenging times for the social care sector, so to be able to continue to prove that we offer a high level of emotional intelligence and exceptional person-centred care, is a real testament to our amazing team – who, as the model promotes, are more like one big extended family.”
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