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Personalisation briefing: implications for residential care homes
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, NATIONAL CARE FORUM
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing summarises the implications of the personalisation agenda for residential care homes. The briefing covers the importance of person-centred and relationship-centred care, the consequences of transformation and change for care homes, ensuring positive transitions into residential care and of quality of life for residents. An update to this briefing is provided by 'Person-centred care for older people in care homes’, published by SCIE in 2017.
An exploration of the challenges of providing person-centred care for older care home residents with obesity
- Authors:
- PARKINSON Mark, THOMPSON Juliana
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(4), 2022, pp.e1112-e1122.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The aim of this study was to explore care home staff's views on the prevalence of obesity in older people and how well prepared they were for any rise in applications for placements. Thematic analysis was used to analyse focus group interview data collected from seven care homes/33 participants in N.E. England. Findings revealed rises in demand by older people with obesity for care home admittance, consistent with rising prevalence of obesity in this demographic nationally. Findings also highlight implications of rising prevalence of obesity in older people, particularly care home staff's ability to deliver person-centred care (PCC) and the importance of appropriate support/recognition of this as an emergent issue to be addressed at a higher executive level and by health/social care authorities. Ways of ensuring PCC are discussed. Given continuing trends towards rising prevalence of obesity in this population, the findings possess broader translational potential. (Edited publisher abstract)
Focusing on personal outcomes in care homes
- Authors:
- BARRY K., et al
- Publisher:
- My Home Life
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 2
- Place of publication:
- Hamilton
This briefing describes steps taken by the My Home Life project to explore the opportunities and challenges of implementing a focus on personal outcomes in care homes. It summarises key elements of a personal outcomes approach, highlights some unique features of outcomes focused practice in the care home sector, and considers the ways in which My Home Life principles might support this. (Edited publisher abstract)
John Kennedy's care home inquiry
- Author:
- KENNEDY John
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 82
- Place of publication:
- York
The final report of a personal inquiry by John Kennedy, the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust’s Director of Care Services, carried out between May 2013 and May 2014 to find out what makes a good care home. The inquiry builds on existing Joseph Rowntree research into a relationship-centred approach to care and newly commissioned research into some of the potential barriers to improving care homes. It also draws on the views of care workers, residents and their families and uses social media to connect with a wide range of people involved in, or with experience of, the care home sector. The report: seeks to achieve an open and evidence-informed debate around how to improve life in care homes for older people; encourages sensible, streamlined and co-produced approaches to paperwork in care homes; and suggests principles and makes recommendations for regulators, commissioners and providers so that care homes are good places for people to live and work in. The report ends with a set of principles and recommendations for those involved in the care sector (Edited publisher abstract)
Eden: how to bring meaning and freedom back into life
- Authors:
- DOEG Rachel, BURGESS June
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 21(4), 2013, pp.29-31.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The Eden Alternative is a humanistic approach to delivering care that was founded in America in 1991, and has now been adopted in the UK. The approach prioritises residents' wishes over routines, gives staff and residents the permission to take more decisions without the approval from managers, and generally de-institutionalising the care environment. In this article, care staff from homes using the Eden approach tell the author what it means to them and UK co-ordinator, June Burgess explains more about the approach. (Original abstract)
Helping people to prepare for and settle into a new home
- Author:
- GREEN Danielle
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing and Residential Care, 14(12), December 2012, pp.626-631.
- Publisher:
- MA Healthcare Ltd.
- Place of publication:
- London
This article is based on the diploma course HSC 3034 ‘Support individuals to prepare for and settle in to new home environments’. It discusses the reasons why people move into a care home, how to support them during the move, and reviewing the success of the move. Older people may move into a care home for health, frailty, housing or family reasons. For many older people and their families the move to residential care can be distressing. It is essential for care workers to support the individual in an agreed and appropriate fashion with the move and ensure that it is made as pleasant and as beneficial as possible. Staff should assess and monitor a new resident to identify any individual concerns. They should support personal choices, such as encouraging and assisting new residents to arrange the room to their own taste, in order to help them settle in.
Guidelines for care: person-centred care of people with dementia living in care homes: framework
- Author:
- ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- Alzheimer Society of Canada
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 67p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Toronto
These guidelines for care present a framework aimed at improving the quality of care of people with dementia in care homes through a person-centred philosophy. The Alzheimer Society suggests that people with dementia have the right to enjoy the highest possible quality of life and quality of care by being engaged in meaningful relationships which are based on equality, understanding, sharing, participation, collaboration, dignity, trust and respect. The framework is an evidence based foundation for the development of knowledge translation tools to enhance quality care. A Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA) was completed to systematically examine practice guidelines published in peer-reviewed journals regarding the care of people in advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease living in care homes. The guidelines consist of the following sections: what does a person-centred philosophy mean; what does person-centred care look like in a care home; ensuring family inclusiveness; extending a person-centred philosophy through end of life.
Your wish is our command
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.12.10, 2010, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The introduction of person-centred reviews at a private care home for older people and the positive impact this had on its residents is described. The owners drew on their experience of working in learning disability services to implement the changes. A short case study on how they person-centred review improved the quality of life for one resident is included.
Promoting positive mental wellbeing for older people
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
A quick guide to help managers of care homes to identify older people’s individual needs and to improve their mental wellbeing by offering personalised support. The guide covers: valuing personal identity, providing a choice of meaningful activity, helping people to improve their health and mental wellbeing, and providing access to healthcare. The guide is based on NICE’s quality standard on mental wellbeing of older people in care homes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Person-centred care for older people in care homes
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- London
This resource covers the implications of delivering person-centred care for older people in residential care and nursing homes. It summarises information, advice and guidance to support care home owners and managers in developing a person-centred (or personalised) approach to care in their homes. Sections cover: leadership; developing a person centred culture across the whole organisations; meeting the needs of individual residents; involving families and carers; developing better services for care homes; and partnership working with health, social care and the voluntary and community sector. Each section includes a checklist for owners and managers to consider in order to ensure that a person-centred culture is adopted across the whole organisations. (Edited publisher abstract)