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Supporting older people to stay in their communities
- Author:
- OUTSIDE THE BOX
- Publisher:
- Outside the Box
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
A report from the We’re Here Too events, which were held in Falkirk and Greenock in 2015 and brought together people who wanted to see more opportunities for all older people to be able to participate in the issues that interest them. The report sets out the policy context and outlines examples of good practice, including: building community capacity in Highland Perthshire; chain reaction in Newcastle; learning from the lives of older people in Inverclyde; and Get Together groups in East Renfrewshire. The report suggest that people from different places describe similar experiences and the impact of what they were doing: older people are making a contribution in peer support roles and as volunteers; people are getting significant benefits, including people with higher support needs - the main impacts are in more social connections and improved mental wellbeing; there are benefits for people’s physical health and wellbeing when they are more active and looking after themselves. (Edited publisher abstract)
Bringing generations together
- Author:
- CARE INSPECTORATE
- Publisher:
- Care Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- Dundee
A collection of intergenerational practice examples from care services across Scotland highlighting the benefits of bringing people together from different generations. It provides good practice stories of older and younger people from a variety of settings coming together to get to know one another, to learn from one another and develop caring, sustainable friendships. The collection aims to give care services ideas on how to bring generations together in a way that improves the quality of their lives. (Edited publisher abstract)
Living digitally: an evaluation of the CleverCogs™ digital care and support system: summary report
- Authors:
- LAWLOR Eilis, CAMPBELL Sue
- Publishers:
- Carnegie UK Trust, Just Economics
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
A summary report of the evaluation of CleverCogs™, a digital care and support system designed to increase digital participation in adults receiving care and support and enable increased use of Technology Enabled Care. CleverCogs™ is delivered via a handheld touchscreen device (tablet) and provides ‘simplified access’ to the internet and can support the delivery of Technology Enabled Care, through features such as automated medication prompts. CleverCogs™ was developed by Blackwood Homes and Care, a housing and care provider specialising in homes and care services for people with disabilities in Scotland. The evaluation was undertaken with Just Economics, Blackwood Housing and Scottish Government. The evaluation draws on a survey of 56 customers (including 20 care home residents), a staff survey and a time and motion study across five Blackwood Housing pilot sites. This report summarises findings for the following short time outcomes: digital participation, time spend on meaningful activities, self-management of health condition, mental well-being, reduced social isolation, improved independence, efficiency savings, and improved quality of care and support package. The findings suggest that the system provides an effective way of improving digital inclusion of older people with disabilities and is also effective for improving life satisfaction. (Edited publisher abstract)
Living, not existing: putting prevention at the heart of care for older people in Scotland
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This report focuses on the important contribution that occupational therapists can make to support further integration of health and social care in Scotland. It looks at the role of occupational therapy in helping older people to remain independent and live in their own communities for as long as possible, preventing or delaying the need for expensive care long-term. The report focuses on three key areas: prevention or delaying the need for care and support; helping older people to remain in their communities; and ensuring equality of access to occupational therapy. In each area, the report provides examples of best practice to how occupational therapists can contribution to preventative, person-centred services and provides recommendations to improve the design and delivery of services. Service examples include community initiatives to prevent and reduce the risk of falls in Aberdeen and a telecare services to support people with dementia to remain at home. The recommendations include for occupational therapists to work more closely with general practitioners, take on leadership roles to provide expertise to community providers on the development of person and community centred services; and the development of formal partnership agreements across local housing, health and social care sectors to ensure all older people have access to occupational therapy services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Living well in later life in Scotland
- Author:
- HENDRY Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 21(1), 2017, pp.22-30.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the development, implementation and early impact of a national action plan for active and healthy ageing in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach The Joint Improvement Team, NHS Health Scotland, the Scottish Government and the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (ALLIANCE) co-produced the action plan with older people from the Scottish Older People’s Assembly. Together they supported partnerships to embed the action plan as an important element of the reshaping care for older people transformation programme in Scotland. Findings: A cross-sector improvement network supported health, housing and care partnerships to use a £300 million Change Fund to implement evidence based preventative approaches to enable older people to live well. Older people in Scotland spent over two million days at home than would have been expected based on previous balance of care and impact of ageing. Practical implications: Improving the health and wellbeing of older people is not just the responsibility of health and social care services. Enabling older people to live independent, active and fulfilling lives requires coordinated effort that spans national and local government policy areas, mobilises all sectors of society, and involves all health and care disciplines. Success starts with listening to what matters to older people, and working together, and with older people and local communities, to make that a reality. Originality/value: This case study from Scotland offers transferable learning for other systems who have an ageing population and an ambitions to enable them to live well in later life. (Publisher abstract)
Hospital to home evaluation report
- Authors:
- MUNRO Fiona, STOCKS-RANKIN Catherine-Rose, MUIRHEAD Stuart
- Publisher:
- IRISS
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
The Hospital to Home project was designed to identify and improve care pathways from hospital to home in the Tayside region of Scotland. IRISS worked with health and social care practitioners and people with experience of the pathway to identify issues to be addressed. This evaluation concerns the final aim of the project which was to develop a series of co-designed service recommendations designed to enable older people to experience a well-supported, co-ordinated and positive pathway from hospital to home. The three recommendations were an admission co-ordinator to help older people as they are admitted to hospital; a named practitioner following the older person; a changes to the discharge process. Using a co-evaluation approach with health and social care practitioners the study evaluated how these recommendations were used in the two case study areas of South Angus and Dundee. The report looks at the changes implemented in the case study areas and the enablers and barriers identified. Changes implemented included: conducting multi-disciplinary team meetings in community and hospital; moving some social work function and assessment into the community; and assigning coordinators to manage the hospital/home transitions of an older person. The report concludes that staff were keen to improve the outcomes of the older people within their care. The recommendations were seen to be making some positive differences on a service delivery level. Across both case study areas system changes were made, notably around coordinating care and improving communication across different practitioner groups. (Edited publisher abstract)
Community connecting case study: explaining and measuring project outcomes
- Author:
- EVALUATION SUPPORT SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Evaluation Support Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This case study outlines how The Stitch in Time? programme team worked with Community Connecting, a project supporting older people to make new connections in their community, to develop a new way of assessing outcomes for older people. Community Connecting targets individuals who might have lost confidence, for example, after being in hospital and uses volunteers to help people to do things or go to places that are important to them. Stitch in Time? Evaluation Support Scotland worked with the service to develop a model to explain the main outcomes of the service; a suggested reporting format; and a new simple method for measuring older people's outcomes. Assessments, personal plans and reviews; carers' questionnaires and volunteer feedback are used to collect evidence on outcomes. Outcomes are also measured for volunteers involved in the service. The case study is be especially useful for commissioners, funders and third sector organisations. (Edited publisher abstract)
Imagining the future: enabling technology
- Authors:
- DOUGHTY Kevin, CENTRE FOR USABLE HOME TECHNOLOGY
- Publisher:
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 54
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This is one of three reports linked to IRISS’s animated exploration, ‘Imagining the future. What's next for Scotland's social services?’ The first part of the report reviews existing technological developments and trends that are already happening. The second part considers how other changes could make a difference to people. Among key themes examined are: the internet of things and the Quantified Self (the Quantified Self is driven by the inexorable rise in smart technology); the importance of data literacy; universal broadband; and networked communication and mobile health and social care. The report includes 20 short vignettes indicative of how an older person’s quality of life may depend on receiving adequate and appropriate technology-based services. Six of the vignettes are used to illustrate how various technologies might play a part in delivering better outcomes. (Edited publisher abstract)
Dolls; handle with care
- Author:
- STEVENSON Amanda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 18(5), September 2010, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Doll therapy in dementia care is a controversial approach, and research has shown that individuals differ considerably in their responses to doll therapy. Guidelines for the use of dolls warn that some residents may be reminded of negative memories by being around dolls. This article describes a situation where dolls caused stress to one resident and how this led to the discovery of traumatic events in her life. The care home where the woman lived had been using doll therapy for 10 years. This woman became distressed and concerned at seeing other residents using dolls. Investigations into her background revealed several incidents that could explain her distressed reaction, particularly the death of a baby nephew who she had nursed until his death. As emotional memories are often more easily activated than those that are neutral, these type of memories may be more difficult to inhibit in individuals with reduced cognitive ability. The article concludes that care teams should consider an individual’s personal history before introducing them to doll therapy or before exposing them to an environment where dolls are present.
Lanarkshire's managed care network: an integrated improvement collaborative
- Author:
- HENDRY Anne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 18(3), June 2010, pp.45-51.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
“Promoting the Development of Managed Clinical Networks” set a strategy in place for the development of MCNs in Scotland, where they operate on a local, regional or national basis. This article describes how MCNs enable virtual integration of health, social care and housing service delivery, through collaborative working across care sectors within an agreed governance framework. When focused on outcomes and experience for service users and carers, they can provide integrated support for improvement in the pathways, processes and experience of care and support for older people. The article provides a case study of the development of a managed care network of health and social care partners in Lanarkshire in the context of current policy drivers in Scotland. It outlines the process of transforming the policy into practice, asks what should we integrate, and then considers the integration of resources. The author suggests that by ensuring that the resources available follow the patient to where they add most value, the integration framework development programme hopes to evidence a sustainable shift in the balance of care, improved experience, and better outcomes for both service users and carers.