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Integrated working to address frailty needs: Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership
- Author:
- MILLER Sarah
- Publisher:
- NHS Confederation
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Place of publication:
- London
This case study illustrates how the delivery of an integrated approach has led to significant health and social improvements among frail and older people within Bradford District and Craven. The Proactive Care Team (PACT) was established, working with partners to provide holistic, person-centred care (and encourage self-care) for people with moderate frailty, to prevent it from becoming severe. Key benefits and outcomes include: the transformation of the lives of more than 300 frail and older people; effective identification through data of patients most at risk; reduced gaps in care and risk through partnership working; improved navigation for patients through health and care services (considering health, care, socio economic needs); and reduced duplication through collaboration, ensuring patients are seen at the right place at the right time. The case study also reports how obstacles were overcome and key takeaway tips. (Edited publisher abstract)
The best of both worlds: a closer look at creating spaces that connect young and old
- Author:
- GOYER Amy
- Publishers:
- Generations United, EISNER FOUNDATION
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 32
This report explores the barriers and opportunities to the development and expansion of intergenerational shared sites, focusing on the experience of sites in the United States. It builds on an earlier report 'All In Together', which identified the positive benefits that intergenerational shared sites could have for older people, young people and children. Interviews with staff and board members at intergenerational shared sites, national policy and program experts identified four key phases in the development and operation of shared sites. These are: Creating the vision, which included nurturing champions and building partnerships; Making it work, from finding resources to designing the space to navigating regulations; Building intergenerational relationships; and Maintaining momentum. The report discusses each of these phases and strategies to address them, drawing on practice from the shared sites. It is hoped that by developing a better understanding of these pivotal phases, organisations and communities will be able to make further progress and further develop intergenerational shared sites. (Edited publisher abstract)
Seamless, community-focused health, social care and well-being for older people in Wales: key principles and features
- Author:
- PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE IN WALES
- Publisher:
- Wales. Welsh Government
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 77
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This document was produced as part of the final stage of the Parliamentary Review of Health and Social Care in Wales to inform recommendations on how to secure seamless, community-focused health, care and wellbeing services for older people in Wales. It is based on work by the Panel, including: an evidence review to understand current good practice, a call for case study examples highlighting current good practice in Wales and an expert forum and stakeholder consultation events. The document proposes an illustrative series of key service features which could be expected within a seamless, community-focused health and social care system. It suggests: a summary of the experience older people should be entitled to from a seamless ‘whole system’; design principles to guide the development of local services in the next 3-5 years; and references to evidence and examples of current good practice and innovation. A final section includes examples of promising examples of emerging seamless services from local areas in Wales. (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, not existing: putting prevention at the heart of care for older people in Wales
- 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 Wales. 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. It provides recommendations to improve the design and delivery of services and examples of best practice and individual case studies to how occupational therapists can contribution to integrated, person-centred services. These 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, not existing: putting prevention at the heart of care for older people in Northern Ireland
- 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 role of occupational therapists in providing preventative services to help 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 main 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. Three service examples are included to demonstrate the impact of occupational therapists contribution. These include the role of occupational therapists in falls prevention service and in prescribing GPS service for people with dementia. Recommendations to improve the design and delivery of services 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 not existing: putting prevention at the heart of care for older people in England
- 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 England. 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. It also includes recommendations to ensure everyone has access to high quality proactive social care that promotes independence and self-determination. The report includes best practice examples and individual case studies to illustrate the positive impact of occupational therapy services. The case studies include Kent Enablement at Home Teams, a Care Home Liaison Team in Tower Hamlets, and Health 1000 Wellness Practice in Iford. It makes recommendations across 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. These 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. (Edited publisher abstract)
A charter for older people in Plymouth: making a commitment to older people when they need care or support
- Authors:
- ANDERSON Claire, SILCOCK Rachel
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
This case study captures the work undertaken by Plymouth City Council's Adult Social Care department with partners and groups of older people within the city to develop a Charter made up of a series of 11 pledges, including: access to good information; support to access the right service; opportunity to shape services; and support for carers. Launched in 2012, the Charter outlines the standards and approaches to service delivery that older people should enjoy and the lessons learnt one year on. (Edited publisher abstract)
Progress and problems in developing outcomes-focused social care services for older people in England
- Authors:
- GLENDINNING Caroline, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 16(1), January 2008, pp.54-63.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Social care services for adults are increasingly required to focus on achieving the outcomes that users aspire to, rather than on service inputs or provider concerns. This paper reports a study aimed at assessing progress in developing outcomes-focused services for older people and the factors that help and hinder this. It describes the current policy context and discusses the social care service outcomes desired by older people. It then reports on a postal survey that identified over 70 outcomes-focused social care initiatives across England and Wales, and case studies of progress in developing outcomes-focused social care services in six localities. The study found progress in developing outcomes-focused services was relatively recent and somewhat fragmented. Developments in intermediate care and re-ablement services, focusing on change outcomes, were marked; however, there appeared to be a disjunction between these and the capacity of home care services to address desired maintenance outcomes. Process outcomes were addressed across a range of re-ablement, day care and residential services. The paper concludes by discussing some of the challenges in developing outcomes-focused social care services.
Scaling up community-based models of care in Northern Ireland
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing describes five promising models of person-centred care and support in Northern Ireland that have the potential to grow. It also describes some of the changes that have the potential to support the growth of these kinds of care and support models. The models featured are: CLARE (Creative Local Action, Responses and Engagement), which uses a strengths-based approach to empower older people to maintain their independence and reduce isolation and loneliness; IMPACTAgewell® , which improves the quality of life for older people by connecting them to their community; the SPRING social prescribing service; Homeshare; and Shared Lives. Links to useful references and resources are included.