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Reablement: maintaining independence
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 11 minutes 4 seconds
- Place of publication:
- London
This film focuses on ‘falls prevention’ programmes. This type of preventive support can be described as ‘early intervention’. The film introduces us to a number of people who describe how they are benefitting from a falls prevention service and exercise classes. People who were initially experiencing reduced mobility or had previously fallen reflect on how their physical ability has improved and their confidence has grown. As well as the exercises classes, physiotherapists work with the individuals to improve the home environment so that they can achieve mutually agreed outcomes, such as washing themselves, moving around the house safely and reduced anxiety. For some, this means a reduction in the need for ongoing care. In addition to the benefits described by the individuals in this film, we hear from the rehabilitation and falls specialist at the Cambridgeshire Falls Prevention Scheme about some of the ‘service outcomes’. By maintaining people’s independence, the service aims to reduce packages of care, most notably by preventing the need for expensive residential care. Professor Julien Forder also explains that this kind of early intervention service is likely to reduce hospital admissions, meaning a positive outcome for individuals and the public purse. This film was originally published in 2011 with the title 'Prevention: early intervention'.
Prevention: Promoting wellbeing
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This film focuses on services designed to improve or maintain people’s well-being. The services featured in this film are specifically aimed at reducing loneliness in later life and include a luncheon club and separate tea dance club, both based in Dorset. These types of services are sometimes referred to as ‘primary prevention’ and are aimed at people who have few or no social care needs or symptoms of illness. Therefore the focus is on maintaining independence and good health and promoting well-being. ‘Primary prevention’ can involve the provision of universal access to good quality information, promotion of health and active lifestyles, delivery of practical services and the provision of social groups, such as the ones featured in this film.
The film begins by introducing two people, Brian and Gwen who describe the enormous impact that recent bereavement has had on their lives. Brian says, “[when my wife died] I felt absolutely devastated and I got so that I didn’t much care, if I was crossing a busy main road, whether I got to the other side or not”. Gwen also says that she felt her own life was over when her husband died. The film describes how they were both subsequently encouraged to join social groups, with Brian attending twice monthly tea dances and Gwen joining a local luncheon club. Both groups are funded by Dorset County Council and Dorset NHS Trust’s ‘Partnership for Older People’s Projects’ (POPP) which also funds the ‘Wayfinder Programme’, where older people are paid to help others get advice and support. Brian and Gwen are clear about the beneficial effects of the groups they joined, including feeling healthier, fitter, no longer feeling lonely and, for one of them, even finding love again!
Prevention: early intervention
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This film focuses on ‘falls prevention’ programmes. This type of preventive support can be described as ‘early intervention’. The film introduces us to a number of people who describe how they are benefitting from a falls prevention service and exercise classes. People who were initially experiencing reduced mobility or had previously fallen reflect on how their physical ability has improved and their confidence has grown. As well as the exercises classes, physiotherapists work with the individuals to improve the home environment so that they can achieve mutually agreed outcomes, such as washing themselves, moving around the house safely and reduced anxiety. For some, this means a reduction in the need for ongoing care. In addition to the benefits described by the individuals in this film, we hear from the rehabilitation and falls specialist at the Cambridgeshire Falls Prevention Scheme about some of the ‘service outcomes’. By maintaining people’s independence, the service aims to reduce packages of care, most notably by preventing the need for expensive residential care. Professor Julien Forder also explains that this kind of early intervention service is likely to reduce hospital admissions, meaning a positive outcome for individuals and the public purse. This film was republished in 2014 with the title 'Reablement: maintaining independence'.