Imagine our parents living in a Memory Care Home, having Dementia, goes missing from the Care Home and there is no record of it.
Imagine our parents living in a Senior Living facility, have a serious fall which is neither recorded nor informed about it to the family.
Imagine there is a serious health and medical emergency of our parents in an Assisted Living centre but not informed or recorded.
These are some of the real life examples which typically happen but are generally brushed under the carpet by many Senior Citizens Care Homes.
Serious Incidents are not only limited to residents living in a Care Home, it can happen to any of us in the future.
Serious Incident, Significant Incident, Special Incident are a serious issue and a major concern which can have physical, mental, emotional, psychological and legal implications.
The larger point of debate is, as the Indian Senior Care sector is reaching International levels w.r.t infrastructure and facilities, but who is developing and training the staff on the International Standards on Quality of Care, Guidelines, Monitoring and Control?
While it may be easier for the private sector Care Homes to have well defined guidelines (hopefully) but then what happens to the Charitable and Government supported facilities?
Though there is no single format for Serious Incident Reporting form and typically the Care Homes should develop it internally, however for the benefit of the larger cause, we have compiled a short document.
The document can be downloaded here (Serious Incident Reporting Form) or can be viewed below