What is BS 8606- Adult residential care – Specification about?
BS 8606 discusses adult residential care. BS 8606 layouts requirements for the provision of care for adults requiring support, personal, nursing, and/or specialist care within a residential setting.
The aim of BS 8606 is to provide a framework for care providers to deliver safe, dignified, and person-centred care for all adults within a residential setting. And enabling them to achieve the best possible outcomes in terms of health and social well-being.
This in turn will empower residents to live their lives to the full, make the most of their skills and abilities, and achieve their goals.
Note-
BS 8606 does not cover care for adults in their own homes.
Who is BS 8606- Adult residential care – Specification for?
BS 8606 on adult residential care is useful for:
- Healthcare organizations and institutions
- Adult care providers
- Regulatory authorities
Why should you use BS 8606- Adult residential care – Specification?
Considering the growing numbers of people requiring residential care, and their higher levels of dependency, there is an increased need for the care sector to provide sustainable care for future generations.
BS 8606 guides you with the ethos of the care provider, strategic aims and philosophy of care, Management arrangements, Complaints, Volunteers, Pre-admission, admission procedures, provision of care, Medication Management, Financial procedures, and many more for adult residential care.
BS 8606 helps in achieving principles framed by world health organizations these are safe i.e., avoidance of harm to people for whom the care is intended, effective i.e., provision of evidence-based health care to those who need it, people-centred i.e., provision of care that responds to individual preferences, needs, and values, and equitable i.e., provision of care that does not vary in quality on account of age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, geographical location, religion, socioeconomic status, the linguistic or political affiliation for adult residential care