To live as fulfilling a life as possible within your capabilities.
To be treated with dignity and as an individual.
To have personal privacy for yourself, your belongings and your affairs.
To do things at your own pace and when you want to do them, independently if you can.
To perform any activity you feel capable of doing.
To have your cultural, religious and personal needs respected.
To be free to make and keep contacts with the community, retaining access to the available facilities and services.
To be consulted and involved in decisions affecting your daily living arrangements.
To choose how and with whom you spend your time.
To take any informed risks without being unnecessarily restricted.
To be consulted and involved in your care plan and to be given the care appropriate to your needs and wishes.
To have the right to say "no" and not to be forced to do anything against your will.
To have unrestricted visits by relatives, friends, guardian etc.
To have access at all times to a Qualified Nurse by yourself or with relatives, friends, guardian etc.
To choose all or none of the above as you see fit.

Examples

We will always address you by the name of your choice
You may bring your own furniture to furnish your bedroom, if you so wish.
We will carry out any personal or nursing care that you need, in private, with tact and discretion
You have the right to participate with staff, relatives, friends etc, in making a personal care plan of your needs and wishes, also the right to review this plan with staff, relatives, friends etc, whenever necessary but at intervals of no longer than one year.
Staff will inform you of any risks involved in any activities you wish to undertake so that you may decide for yourself what you feel able or unable to do.
You are free to get up and go to bed at a time that suits you.
You may dust your room, make your bed or help with other tasks in the home or garden if you so wish.
Help will be given to you to use the skills and to follow interests that you have had in earlier life, also to aspire to new skills or interests if you so wish.
You may choose to visit and or stay for short periods with relatives, friends etc, help and advise will be provided including transport as necessary.

Lorna Edwards RON. RMN. Matron.