Holistic Healthcare | Ensuring Safety, Happiness, and Wellbeing

What is holistic healthcare?

 

At ACI Care, we’re committed to providing exceptional care for each of our residents, with a strong focus on enhancing their health and wellbeing.

 

In this blog, we’re sharing how we offer a holistic approach to our caregiving, to help your loved feel safe, happy, and heard:

What is Holistic Healthcare?

Holistic healthcare is an approach to care that considers the individual as a whole. 

 

So, instead of addressing just physical symptoms at ACI Care, we also ensure the person’s mental, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing. 

 

The philosophy behind holistic healthcare is to understand and treat the entire person rather than focusing solely on isolated symptoms or specific organs.

 

For example, if your loved one is living with dementia, we’ll do more than just support their needs from a medical perspective. We also focus on providing meaningful experiences and stimulating activities that will support and improve their overall lifestyle.

Social Connections and Activities

Meaningful connections are an essential aspect of holistic care. 

 

Within our ACI Care homes, we arrange plenty of social interactions and help nurture our residents’ relationships, by creating opportunities for communal activities, celebrations, and excursions. 

 

These enhance our residents’ social bonds, and contribute to a vibrant, meaningful living experience.

 

Just some of the amazing activities and events we host include pet therapy, baking, arts & crafts, and music & dance.

Holistic Healthcare | Supporting Our Residents

As part of our commitment to providing holistic healthcare, we ensure that each of our residents has the space, confidence, and support to practise their cultural and/or religious beliefs and values.

 

We ensure they have a safe place for prayer, are able to eat foods that align with their needs, and can speak freely about their religion, culture, beliefs, and preferences, without fear of judgement or ridicule. 

 

We accept people from all backgrounds and beliefs, and welcome them into a warm, loving environment, where everyone is treated equally.  

 

By facilitating access to their individual needs, we’re able to offer a peaceful living space that nurtures the soul.

Holistic Healthcare | Ensuring Our Residents Feel Heard 

At ACI Care, we believe that each of our residents should feel safe, supported, and heard.

 

Our goal is to foster an accommodating and nurturing environment, where residents feel comfortable to express themselves freely.

 

We create tailored care plans for each individual, and adapt activities and games to suit their personal needs or preferences. 

 

We champion inclusive environments, and each of our homes is adapted for accessibility, while offering a home-from-home feel.

 

Where possible, we ask our residents — and their families — to share their ideas, thoughts and feedback on areas of our care such as:

 

• Routines;
• Food;
• Living spaces;
• Activities; 
• And more.

 

This helps us to improve and tailor our care in line with what our residents feel is important to them. 

 

For more information about our holistic healthcare approach, please contact a member of our team.

Alternatively, why not check out our recent blog to discover more about our care home services?