Allocating a Bed to a Person Record

Mohammed Jamal Updated by Mohammed Jamal

Bed allocations in a care home are a complex process involving various factors, including resident needs, staff availability, and facility layout.

To allocate a Bed to a Person:

  1. Navigate to People > People > People We Support. The 'People We Support' page is displayed.
  2. Open a Person record. The 'Person' record page is displayed.
  3. Select Menu > Daily Care > Bed Allocations. The 'Bed Allocations' sub-page is displayed.
  4. Select the Create new record button. The 'Bed Allocation: New' page is displayed.
  5. Complete the fields, mandatory fields are marked with a red asterisk *.

Field

Description

Person

Responsible Team*

Person Contract Service

Unavailability Reason

Ensure this field is left blank.

Start Date/Time*

Finish Date/Time

Provider*

Bed*

After Start Date/Time and Provider have been selected, you use the Lookup Bed button to carry out a Bed Search as shown below.

This enables you to search using a number of parameters and when the results are returned, to clearly see the status of each Bed. Only the Beds visible and shown with a Status = Unoccupied can be selected.

You can select the Occupied hyperlink to view the Bed Allocation record:

  1. Select the Save button.

You record will look similar to the following:

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