Orchard Care Homes

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."