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Everyone wants something: recognising your own needs
- Author:
- PACKER Tracy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 9(1), January 2001, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The author argues that making time to touch base with our own selves - to understand more about what we bring to any relationship - is an essential part of positive person work. The fifth article in a series on barriers to person-centred care.
Music for life: cultural change 20 years in the making
- Authors:
- GARRETT Padraic, CRICKMAY Ursula
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 21(6), 2013, pp.28-31.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
The Music for Life project has pioneered interactive music making workshops for people with dementia in care homes and day facilities. The three main strands of the project are: music improvisation workshops, working with care staff to enhance their understanding of the emotional needs of people with dementia as part of a person-centred care approach, and developing personal musicians to work in this area. This article looks back over the 20 years of the project and the experience of Jewish Care, who commissions three Music for Life projects each year. It explains how the project works and the learning opportunities it offers care staff. The benefits for communicating and building connections are highighted and two short case studies are included. Wigmore Hall in London has managed the project since 2008 (in partnership with Dementia UK until 2013). (Original abstract)
Learning report: making care safer: improving medication safety for people in care homes: thoughts and experiences from carers and relatives
- Author:
- HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Previous research has revealed an unacceptable level of medication errors relating to older people in care homes. Set up in response to this, the Medication Safety in Care Homes project is an integrated programme led by the National Care Forum working as part of a wider cross-sector partnership. This report forms part of this project. It collects together the testimony given by family and carers of people living in a care home, specifically around issues of medication safety. Three day-long focus groups were held in 2010, in Manchester, Birmingham and London. In total 26 people attended the events. Members of the group also shared testimony they had collected from fellow carers. During the focus groups, attendees were invited to tell their stories and think about ways to improve medication safety in care homes. They were asked to consider what improvements would be possible in practice given the current culture and constraints, and what could be done strategically in the longer term. The issues and potential solutions raised by the groups are presented in this report under 4 main headings: communication and information sharing; prescribing and administration of medication; staff development and support; and advocacy and rights.
Developing person-centred standards for care homes
- Author:
- RAY Mo
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 7(6), November 1999, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Describes the process and outcomes of the joint project developing standards of care using person centred approaches.
Get Connected: impact evaluation
- Authors:
- ALDRIDGE Fiona, et al
- Publishers:
- National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, Institute for Employment Studies
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 49
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
In 2010, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) commissioned the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) and the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) to undertake a study into the impact of the Get Connected Investment Project, a £12 million capital grant programme. The Project was established by the Department of Health to enable registered care providers and independent sector organisations, supporting personalisation in adult social care, to access digital technology more effectively. The overarching aim of the evaluation was to assess the impact of the funding on the 248 adult social care providers awarded grants (of up to £22,000) in the first cycle of the programme to improve access to digital technology for service users, carers and staff to enhance the quality of life offered within the service; and/or support their learning, training and development. This report considers: users’ prior access to technology; organisations’ engagement with Get Connected; implementation; use of technology by service users and staff; the project’s impact in terms of benefits to users, staff and organisations; and sustainability. The report concludes that the short anonymised case studies demonstrate that in domiciliary and residential care settings, service users’ communication with the outside world has increased. However, the evaluation highlights some critical factors, for example selecting and purchasing the right equipment and software; and that success often hinges on the enthusiasm of a key individual. (Original abstract)
Improving care in care homes: a qualitative evaluation of the Croydon care home support team
- Authors:
- LAWRENCE Vanessa, BANERJEE Sube
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 14(4), May 2010, pp.416-424.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Croydon care home support team (CHST) was developed in response to reports of patient abuse within long-term care in order to improve standards of care within care homes. The CHST adopts a systemic approach that places an equal emphasis on the social, mental health and nursing needs of residents and aims to address the whole culture of care within the individual homes. This paper describes a qualitative methodology used to assess the perceived impact of the CHST among care home staff. In-depth interviews were conducted with 14 care home managers and 24 members of care home staff across 14 care homes. Grounded theory principles guided the collection and analysis of the data. The results demonstrated improved communication between staff, improved staff development and confidence, and improved quality of care, and point towards the effectiveness of the CHST model. The collaborative approach of the CHST was considered pivotal to its success and presented as an effective method of engaging care home managers and staff. The data demonstrate the potential for specialist multi-disciplinary teams to raise standards of care across long-term care settings. Increased awareness of safeguarding issues, improved staff morale and communication and ongoing opportunities for discussion and problem solving promised to sustain improvements.
Sound barriers: a study of the needs of older people with hearing loss living in residential care and nursing homes
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 21p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Older people with hearing impairment are being denied vital help. This report suggests constructive steps to be taken. Some require mere adjustments in the outlook and attitudes of staff. Services are inadequate, lack direction and suffer from lack of trained staff. These services share in a general poverty of provision for older people.
The home manager as trainer: an approach to foundation training
- Authors:
- PAYNE Chris, GRAHAM Norma
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 128p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Produced and written by home managers for other home managers to help them with staff training. Includes sections on: principles of care; attitudes and the older person; the importance of good communication; loss and bereavement; introduction to care planning; and introduction to teamwork.