Shared Care Scotland presented on innovations in respite care in Scotland. There are over 650,000 unpaid carers in Scotland who save the economy £10.3 billion per year but many experience health problems from caring. Recent policy has aimed to improve availability and definition of "short breaks" or respite care. Options for respite now include supported holidays, day programs, home care, and self-directed options. Ongoing challenges include ensuring equitable access to respite across Scotland.
The document provides an overview of carer awareness training which aims to define carers, understand legislation regarding carers, identify good practice for supporting carers, and understand services available to carers. It discusses identifying carers, sharing information with them, and involving them in decision making. It also outlines the commitments of East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust and Adult Social Care to supporting carers.
This document discusses the importance of planning for long term care. It notes that as people live longer, the likelihood of needing long term care increases. Paying for long term care out of pocket can deplete retirement savings. The document defines long term care as assistance with daily living for those with chronic illness or cognitive impairment, which can be provided at home, adult day care, assisted living facilities or nursing homes. It emphasizes that planning ahead, through insurance or government programs, can help pay for long term care costs that are expected to rise significantly in the future. Options discussed include traditional long term care insurance and life and long term care combination plans.
This document contains a summary of a newsletter from a Scottish charity organization. It discusses several topics:
1) The chairman introduces the issue of two-tier care, where those funded by the state often cannot get local care and must be placed far from relatives.
2) "Black Isle Cares" is presented, which is a charity formed by local people in response to the planned closure of a nearby care home. They aim to get community input on priorities for elderly care.
3) The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service offers free home fire safety visits, especially for vulnerable groups, to assess risks and provide detectors where needed. Basic fire safety tips are also provided.
The Nguyen family consists of two working parents, three teenagers, and Veronica, the grandmother who is becoming disoriented and frail. Veronica's condition is declining, and the family doctor recommends residential care, but the family wants to keep her at home. They receive some government support payments but Veronica is not entitled to a pension due to her visa status.
Mental Health Carers - The National PictureEl Gazpacho
The document discusses mental health carers in the UK and challenges they face. It notes that around 1.5 million people care for someone with a mental health problem. Many mental health carers provide assistance with tasks like administering medication, domestic chores, and emotional support. However, mental health carers experience difficulties like stigma, unpredictability of conditions, and lack of specialized support services. The document calls for greater recognition of mental health carers' needs and roles in care planning.
The document provides an overview of Princess Alice Hospice's activities for the year ended 31 March 2013. It discusses the hospice's medical care, community care, in-patient care, day-patient care, therapeutic care, social work, chaplaincy, bereavement care, education programs, fundraising efforts, retail operations, and vision/mission. The hospice aims to provide holistic palliative care for patients with advanced illness and enable patients to have the best possible quality of life until the end.
This document provides a guide for choosing a care home in England and Wales. It discusses whether a care home is the right option, the different types of care homes available including residential care, nursing care, and specialist dementia care, what life is like in a care home including activities and health services, and how to choose a care home such as arranging visits. The guide is written by Steve Oswald, the Registered Manager of Goatacre care home, and provides contact information at the end.
Dementia innovation martin ansell presentation - open forum eventsAlexis May
This document summarizes collaboration efforts around dementia care in Gloucestershire, England. It discusses (1) the education strategy implemented since 2006 involving joint funding and training programs, (2) the work of dementia link workers, including their annual conference, (3) data on dementia admissions from care homes and private homes from 2008-2011, and (4) efforts to involve patients and carers in service participation and evaluation through workshops, feedback, and advisory groups.
The document provides an overview of carer awareness training which aims to define carers, understand legislation regarding carers, identify good practice for supporting carers, and understand services available to carers. It discusses identifying carers, sharing information with them, and involving them in decision making. It also outlines the commitments of East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust and Adult Social Care to supporting carers.
This document discusses the importance of planning for long term care. It notes that as people live longer, the likelihood of needing long term care increases. Paying for long term care out of pocket can deplete retirement savings. The document defines long term care as assistance with daily living for those with chronic illness or cognitive impairment, which can be provided at home, adult day care, assisted living facilities or nursing homes. It emphasizes that planning ahead, through insurance or government programs, can help pay for long term care costs that are expected to rise significantly in the future. Options discussed include traditional long term care insurance and life and long term care combination plans.
This document contains a summary of a newsletter from a Scottish charity organization. It discusses several topics:
1) The chairman introduces the issue of two-tier care, where those funded by the state often cannot get local care and must be placed far from relatives.
2) "Black Isle Cares" is presented, which is a charity formed by local people in response to the planned closure of a nearby care home. They aim to get community input on priorities for elderly care.
3) The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service offers free home fire safety visits, especially for vulnerable groups, to assess risks and provide detectors where needed. Basic fire safety tips are also provided.
The Nguyen family consists of two working parents, three teenagers, and Veronica, the grandmother who is becoming disoriented and frail. Veronica's condition is declining, and the family doctor recommends residential care, but the family wants to keep her at home. They receive some government support payments but Veronica is not entitled to a pension due to her visa status.
Mental Health Carers - The National PictureEl Gazpacho
The document discusses mental health carers in the UK and challenges they face. It notes that around 1.5 million people care for someone with a mental health problem. Many mental health carers provide assistance with tasks like administering medication, domestic chores, and emotional support. However, mental health carers experience difficulties like stigma, unpredictability of conditions, and lack of specialized support services. The document calls for greater recognition of mental health carers' needs and roles in care planning.
The document provides an overview of Princess Alice Hospice's activities for the year ended 31 March 2013. It discusses the hospice's medical care, community care, in-patient care, day-patient care, therapeutic care, social work, chaplaincy, bereavement care, education programs, fundraising efforts, retail operations, and vision/mission. The hospice aims to provide holistic palliative care for patients with advanced illness and enable patients to have the best possible quality of life until the end.
This document provides a guide for choosing a care home in England and Wales. It discusses whether a care home is the right option, the different types of care homes available including residential care, nursing care, and specialist dementia care, what life is like in a care home including activities and health services, and how to choose a care home such as arranging visits. The guide is written by Steve Oswald, the Registered Manager of Goatacre care home, and provides contact information at the end.
Dementia innovation martin ansell presentation - open forum eventsAlexis May
This document summarizes collaboration efforts around dementia care in Gloucestershire, England. It discusses (1) the education strategy implemented since 2006 involving joint funding and training programs, (2) the work of dementia link workers, including their annual conference, (3) data on dementia admissions from care homes and private homes from 2008-2011, and (4) efforts to involve patients and carers in service participation and evaluation through workshops, feedback, and advisory groups.
This document discusses aging in place options in the Livermore Valley area. It outlines 7 housing options including staying at home with caregiver assistance, moving to a senior community, assisted living, memory care, board and care, skilled nursing facilities, and continuing care retirement communities. It also discusses the importance of researching providers, putting legal and financial plans in place including powers of attorney and long term care insurance, and available health programs like home health care and hospice. Estimated costs are provided for each housing option.
Koda Living Community is a new 80-bed long term care facility being built in Owatonna, Minnesota as part of a continuum of care campus. It will provide home-like, specialized care for residents transitioning from the hospital back home or needing long term care. Steele County and Benedictine Health System formed Steele County Communities for a Lifetime to address the growing healthcare needs of the aging population in the area. While construction has begun, additional funding is needed to fully realize the vision of a supportive living community through specialized amenities and equipment at Koda Living Community.
Kuliah mst keperawatan poltekes 13 juni 2020 kolaborasi pada perawatan pali...papahku123
This document summarizes a seminar on collaboration in palliative care given on June 13, 2020. It discusses how palliative care in Indonesia is currently at an early stage of isolated provision. Effective palliative care requires an interdisciplinary team approach and collaboration between medical professionals. Barriers to palliative care implementation include misunderstandings about its role and a lack of information sharing. The seminar emphasized the importance of addressing patients' physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs through a palliative approach involving symptom management, family support and advance care planning.
The document summarizes initiatives at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to improve care for patients. It discusses:
1) Efforts to create a therapeutic environment for dementia patients, including remodeling wards based on research to be more navigable and reduce patient stress and risk of falls.
2) The Community Falls Team working with other services to promote falls prevention and manage falls, aiming to improve patient quality of life.
3) A text message service in Bexley to better engage with and support young people in that community.
By working in partnership with the Local Authority, Community Integrated Care and Halton CCG have transformed a previously failing care home into a genuine centre of excellence for dementia care. Find out how!
The document summarizes announcements made regarding exempting carers from the UK benefit cap. Specifically, the Minister of State announced carers who receive Carer's Allowance will be exempt from the benefit cap in response to a recent court ruling. This was celebrated as a significant victory for carers' rights. The announcement provides relief for carers currently affected by the cap and prevents greater numbers from being impacted when the cap is lowered.
The document discusses collaboration between cardiology and neurology experts at Mills-Peninsula Hospital to better understand and treat strokes. Atrial fibrillation, a heart arrhythmia, can double the risk of heart-related death and increase stroke risk five-fold. However, the arrhythmia isn't always present when patients are evaluated for stroke. By working together, cardiologists and neurologists can gain a more complete picture of the relationship between heart issues like AFib and strokes, in order to provide the best care. The hospital is focused on detecting diseases that may cause devastating consequences through new technology and integration between medical specialties.
An introduction to the role that Community Bridges plays in supporting the lives of people who experience disability in the towns and neighborhoods of Merrimack County.
Iceland had the highest human development and one of the highest GDPs per capita in the world in 2007. However, risky lending practices by Icelandic banks led to a financial crisis as the banks took on too much debt and could no longer pay back loans or depositors. This caused high inflation, interest rates, and a currency collapse in Iceland. As a result, many Icelandic businesses failed and residents lost jobs and savings, while foreign depositors in Icelandic banks also lost money. Iceland was forced to seek an IMF loan and its banking system and economy suffered greatly in the crisis.
The document discusses a partnership between NHS Halton CCG, Halton Council, and Community Integrated Care to transform a traditional dementia care home, St. Luke's, into a center of excellence. They aligned targets, brought in clinical specialists, and focused on relationship-centered care delivered by highly trained staff. This resulted in fewer residents being hospitalized and more choosing to die at St. Luke's. The home is now financially sustainable and a recognized center of excellence through national awards. The partners emphasize having honest conversations, cutting through bureaucracy, and sharing a vision to achieve amazing results.
This document discusses a UK charity called Our Special Friends that provides support for vulnerable human-animal relationships. The charity offers services like dog walking, advice on caring for pets, visits from volunteers and their dogs, help sourcing new pets, and support for difficult decisions. The goal is to increase awareness of the benefits of human-animal bonds and provide assistance around the loss or bereavement of a pet. The charity takes a collaborative approach using volunteers and aims to address unmet community needs through low-cost interventions that integrate human and animal health and social care.
Devon and Cornwall Refugee Support (DCRS) provided services to over 11,000 people in 2011, a 28% increase over 2010. Key services included drop-in support 5 days a week, IT access, ESOL classes, advocacy, and activities. Staff and volunteers spoke many languages and provided interpreting. Challenges included a lack of housing and difficulties advocating for vulnerable groups like minors and those with mental health issues. Overall, DCRS continued fulfilling its mission of supporting asylum seekers and refugees despite a difficult political climate and limited resources.
This document discusses a partnership program called Winter Wellness that aims to reduce fuel poverty and improve public health in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It provides emergency assistance with heating costs but also focuses on long term solutions like home insulation and job training. Referrals to the program increased from 380 in 2011-12 to 894 in 2012-13 due to increased awareness, a full time worker, and an incentive payment for referrals. The program helped 1500 households stay warm and healthy while also helping 126 long term unemployed people find work through job training support. By linking heating assistance to health services and employment programs, the partners aim to sustainably improve well being in the community.
Sycc annual report & audited accounts fy 2014 2015 representsycc
Shan You Counselling Centre (SYCC) is a non-profit organization established in 1995 to provide counselling and social support services based on Buddhist principles of compassion. SYCC's vision is to be a hub for social services that promotes family well-being and individual development. Over the past 20 years, SYCC has expanded its services to include counselling, education programs, social services for seniors, volunteer opportunities, and outreach initiatives. SYCC aims to serve all people regardless of background and has established itself as an important community organization.
The annual review document summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Citizens Advice Bureaus in the Stroud and Cotswold Districts for the 2014-2015 year. It provides statistics on the number of clients helped, most common issues, and impact of the advice. It highlights expanding services, training new volunteers, and successful advocacy and policy work. The review expresses gratitude to funders and volunteers who make the important work of advising residents possible.
- In 2014, Seattle Children's Hospital provided $120.5 million in uncompensated care to cover medical costs for families who could not afford to pay. Nearly half of the hospital's patients are on Medicaid or CHIP.
- Donations from individuals, foundations, corporations and other groups provided $14.8 million to the hospital's uncompensated care fund in 2014 to help cover costs for families in need.
- The story of Reiko Heyamoto, who had a nickel removed from her throat, illustrates how the fund relieved her family of financial stress by covering all their medical expenses from the incident.
Wisconsin Dementia Care System Redesign Accomplishments PaperKatelyn Marschall
This document summarizes accomplishments in Wisconsin's effort to redesign its dementia care system. It discusses initiatives to promote dementia-friendly communities, expand dementia care specialist programs, enhance support for family caregivers, and address issues in facility-based long-term care. The goal is to improve quality of life for those with dementia and their families by increasing community awareness and services while living at home, and ensuring high-quality care in facilities. Progress has been made in several areas through partnerships across the state.
This document provides an overview and analysis of the Bargain Short Breaks website. It discusses the website's offerings of various short break packages. It then analyzes the website's keywords, competition, content, links, and opportunities for improving authority. Areas for improvement include adding more high-quality content, developing better internal linking, focusing on more long-tail keywords, and building a more diverse link profile with links from higher-quality sites. The analysis provides suggestions for new content like videos and guides to enhance the user experience.
Infor about careloop for service users and carers 2Dawn Perry
CareLoop is a study testing a mobile phone system to monitor mental health symptoms and support self-management. The system allows users with severe mental health problems to record their symptoms and feelings as they occur, making it easier to discuss with healthcare workers. When symptoms worsen, more support may be provided to prevent hospitalization. Users will receive a phone to use alongside normal care for the study period. Researchers will evaluate if phone-based monitoring is acceptable and useful for users and healthcare providers.
Caring Breaks Ltd is a registered charity that has provided respite services since 2000 for carers of adults with learning disabilities. It operates in partnership with carers, the cared-for adults, businesses, and statutory organizations. The service is independently evaluated and found to deliver excellent outcomes for both carers and adults with disabilities. It aims to provide regular breaks for carers to pursue their own lives and work with carers and adults to develop social community activities.
This document discusses formatting documents in Microsoft Word 2010, including inserting page and section breaks. It describes how to insert manual page breaks to start a new page or section, and how to view and delete page breaks. It also explains how to divide a document into sections using different types of section breaks, and how sections allow different formatting like headers, footers, and page numbering. The objectives are to learn how to insert page and section breaks in Word 2010.
This document discusses aging in place options in the Livermore Valley area. It outlines 7 housing options including staying at home with caregiver assistance, moving to a senior community, assisted living, memory care, board and care, skilled nursing facilities, and continuing care retirement communities. It also discusses the importance of researching providers, putting legal and financial plans in place including powers of attorney and long term care insurance, and available health programs like home health care and hospice. Estimated costs are provided for each housing option.
Koda Living Community is a new 80-bed long term care facility being built in Owatonna, Minnesota as part of a continuum of care campus. It will provide home-like, specialized care for residents transitioning from the hospital back home or needing long term care. Steele County and Benedictine Health System formed Steele County Communities for a Lifetime to address the growing healthcare needs of the aging population in the area. While construction has begun, additional funding is needed to fully realize the vision of a supportive living community through specialized amenities and equipment at Koda Living Community.
Kuliah mst keperawatan poltekes 13 juni 2020 kolaborasi pada perawatan pali...papahku123
This document summarizes a seminar on collaboration in palliative care given on June 13, 2020. It discusses how palliative care in Indonesia is currently at an early stage of isolated provision. Effective palliative care requires an interdisciplinary team approach and collaboration between medical professionals. Barriers to palliative care implementation include misunderstandings about its role and a lack of information sharing. The seminar emphasized the importance of addressing patients' physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs through a palliative approach involving symptom management, family support and advance care planning.
The document summarizes initiatives at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust to improve care for patients. It discusses:
1) Efforts to create a therapeutic environment for dementia patients, including remodeling wards based on research to be more navigable and reduce patient stress and risk of falls.
2) The Community Falls Team working with other services to promote falls prevention and manage falls, aiming to improve patient quality of life.
3) A text message service in Bexley to better engage with and support young people in that community.
By working in partnership with the Local Authority, Community Integrated Care and Halton CCG have transformed a previously failing care home into a genuine centre of excellence for dementia care. Find out how!
The document summarizes announcements made regarding exempting carers from the UK benefit cap. Specifically, the Minister of State announced carers who receive Carer's Allowance will be exempt from the benefit cap in response to a recent court ruling. This was celebrated as a significant victory for carers' rights. The announcement provides relief for carers currently affected by the cap and prevents greater numbers from being impacted when the cap is lowered.
The document discusses collaboration between cardiology and neurology experts at Mills-Peninsula Hospital to better understand and treat strokes. Atrial fibrillation, a heart arrhythmia, can double the risk of heart-related death and increase stroke risk five-fold. However, the arrhythmia isn't always present when patients are evaluated for stroke. By working together, cardiologists and neurologists can gain a more complete picture of the relationship between heart issues like AFib and strokes, in order to provide the best care. The hospital is focused on detecting diseases that may cause devastating consequences through new technology and integration between medical specialties.
An introduction to the role that Community Bridges plays in supporting the lives of people who experience disability in the towns and neighborhoods of Merrimack County.
Iceland had the highest human development and one of the highest GDPs per capita in the world in 2007. However, risky lending practices by Icelandic banks led to a financial crisis as the banks took on too much debt and could no longer pay back loans or depositors. This caused high inflation, interest rates, and a currency collapse in Iceland. As a result, many Icelandic businesses failed and residents lost jobs and savings, while foreign depositors in Icelandic banks also lost money. Iceland was forced to seek an IMF loan and its banking system and economy suffered greatly in the crisis.
The document discusses a partnership between NHS Halton CCG, Halton Council, and Community Integrated Care to transform a traditional dementia care home, St. Luke's, into a center of excellence. They aligned targets, brought in clinical specialists, and focused on relationship-centered care delivered by highly trained staff. This resulted in fewer residents being hospitalized and more choosing to die at St. Luke's. The home is now financially sustainable and a recognized center of excellence through national awards. The partners emphasize having honest conversations, cutting through bureaucracy, and sharing a vision to achieve amazing results.
This document discusses a UK charity called Our Special Friends that provides support for vulnerable human-animal relationships. The charity offers services like dog walking, advice on caring for pets, visits from volunteers and their dogs, help sourcing new pets, and support for difficult decisions. The goal is to increase awareness of the benefits of human-animal bonds and provide assistance around the loss or bereavement of a pet. The charity takes a collaborative approach using volunteers and aims to address unmet community needs through low-cost interventions that integrate human and animal health and social care.
Devon and Cornwall Refugee Support (DCRS) provided services to over 11,000 people in 2011, a 28% increase over 2010. Key services included drop-in support 5 days a week, IT access, ESOL classes, advocacy, and activities. Staff and volunteers spoke many languages and provided interpreting. Challenges included a lack of housing and difficulties advocating for vulnerable groups like minors and those with mental health issues. Overall, DCRS continued fulfilling its mission of supporting asylum seekers and refugees despite a difficult political climate and limited resources.
This document discusses a partnership program called Winter Wellness that aims to reduce fuel poverty and improve public health in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It provides emergency assistance with heating costs but also focuses on long term solutions like home insulation and job training. Referrals to the program increased from 380 in 2011-12 to 894 in 2012-13 due to increased awareness, a full time worker, and an incentive payment for referrals. The program helped 1500 households stay warm and healthy while also helping 126 long term unemployed people find work through job training support. By linking heating assistance to health services and employment programs, the partners aim to sustainably improve well being in the community.
Sycc annual report & audited accounts fy 2014 2015 representsycc
Shan You Counselling Centre (SYCC) is a non-profit organization established in 1995 to provide counselling and social support services based on Buddhist principles of compassion. SYCC's vision is to be a hub for social services that promotes family well-being and individual development. Over the past 20 years, SYCC has expanded its services to include counselling, education programs, social services for seniors, volunteer opportunities, and outreach initiatives. SYCC aims to serve all people regardless of background and has established itself as an important community organization.
The annual review document summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Citizens Advice Bureaus in the Stroud and Cotswold Districts for the 2014-2015 year. It provides statistics on the number of clients helped, most common issues, and impact of the advice. It highlights expanding services, training new volunteers, and successful advocacy and policy work. The review expresses gratitude to funders and volunteers who make the important work of advising residents possible.
- In 2014, Seattle Children's Hospital provided $120.5 million in uncompensated care to cover medical costs for families who could not afford to pay. Nearly half of the hospital's patients are on Medicaid or CHIP.
- Donations from individuals, foundations, corporations and other groups provided $14.8 million to the hospital's uncompensated care fund in 2014 to help cover costs for families in need.
- The story of Reiko Heyamoto, who had a nickel removed from her throat, illustrates how the fund relieved her family of financial stress by covering all their medical expenses from the incident.
Wisconsin Dementia Care System Redesign Accomplishments PaperKatelyn Marschall
This document summarizes accomplishments in Wisconsin's effort to redesign its dementia care system. It discusses initiatives to promote dementia-friendly communities, expand dementia care specialist programs, enhance support for family caregivers, and address issues in facility-based long-term care. The goal is to improve quality of life for those with dementia and their families by increasing community awareness and services while living at home, and ensuring high-quality care in facilities. Progress has been made in several areas through partnerships across the state.
This document provides an overview and analysis of the Bargain Short Breaks website. It discusses the website's offerings of various short break packages. It then analyzes the website's keywords, competition, content, links, and opportunities for improving authority. Areas for improvement include adding more high-quality content, developing better internal linking, focusing on more long-tail keywords, and building a more diverse link profile with links from higher-quality sites. The analysis provides suggestions for new content like videos and guides to enhance the user experience.
Infor about careloop for service users and carers 2Dawn Perry
CareLoop is a study testing a mobile phone system to monitor mental health symptoms and support self-management. The system allows users with severe mental health problems to record their symptoms and feelings as they occur, making it easier to discuss with healthcare workers. When symptoms worsen, more support may be provided to prevent hospitalization. Users will receive a phone to use alongside normal care for the study period. Researchers will evaluate if phone-based monitoring is acceptable and useful for users and healthcare providers.
Caring Breaks Ltd is a registered charity that has provided respite services since 2000 for carers of adults with learning disabilities. It operates in partnership with carers, the cared-for adults, businesses, and statutory organizations. The service is independently evaluated and found to deliver excellent outcomes for both carers and adults with disabilities. It aims to provide regular breaks for carers to pursue their own lives and work with carers and adults to develop social community activities.
This document discusses formatting documents in Microsoft Word 2010, including inserting page and section breaks. It describes how to insert manual page breaks to start a new page or section, and how to view and delete page breaks. It also explains how to divide a document into sections using different types of section breaks, and how sections allow different formatting like headers, footers, and page numbering. The objectives are to learn how to insert page and section breaks in Word 2010.
This document discusses various types of forging processes including hot forging, press forging, swaging, and cold forging. It describes how each process uses compressive forces and dies to shape metal at different temperatures. Examples of specific forging techniques are provided like hammer forging, drop forging, and upset forging. The document also outlines common forging tools, defects that may occur, and applications in small tools and automotive manufacturing.
A catalogue of fact sheets has been compiled in order to give journalists an idea of the breadth of statistical information available at the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
These fact sheets cover a range of subjects at a national level broken down by individual subject areas.
Download this fact sheet to understand more about "Social Care Adults and Carers Receiving Services"
This issue of the newsletter discusses various topics related to human rights and care for older people in Scotland:
1) The Chairman's introduction discusses the importance of human rights as the foundation of all care for older people. It references a book describing the difficulties faced by dementia sufferers, their families, and care providers.
2) The Annual Conference will focus on human rights for older people, with speakers from the Scottish Human Rights Commission and a Scottish MSP.
3) HSCN is working with the NHS on "Joint Strategic Commissioning" to determine priorities and services that support well-being outcomes for older people, based on what older people say is important to them.
4) Updates are
This document discusses the need for choice and patient-centered care in children's palliative care. It notes that there are approximately 49,000 children in the UK with life-limiting conditions, yet their voices are often not heard and patient choice is absent. Parents describe the system as a "minefield" with a lack of support and coordination. Short breaks for respite care are important but often not funded by local authorities. Choice is limited by a lack of services due to underfunding. The document calls for improved coordination, a national inquiry, mandated joint commissioning, and greater transparency and accountability in funding to better meet the needs of children requiring palliative care and their families.
MINDS HUB - One-Stop Touchpoint for Persons with Disabilities PeiminLin3
An estimated up to 80% adult persons with disabilities (PWDs) / persons with intellectual disabilities (PWIDs) in Singapore may be undiagnosed or unserved, and are not attending regular services.
This results in deteriorating conditions and ultimately a pre-mature need for PWD/PWIDs to be kept in residential institutions. It is important to keep PWIDs in the community, as placing them in homes or institutionalised facilities will only further deteriorate their conditions, and isolate them from the community.
There is also a significant mental, emotional and physical strain on caregivers who have to manage the challenges that come with caregiving for aging PWDs/PWIDs.
To address this, MINDS Hub offers an array of healthcare and social support services all under one roof. Located in the heartlands of Singapore, MINDS Hub ensures PWDs/PWIDs and their families have more support closer to their homes, enabling them to participate actively in the community and to live independently.
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Aged care in Australia has evolved significantly over the past century. Originally, destitute elderly were incarcerated in asylums with basic support in the late 1800s. By the 1950s, the government began providing subsidies to charitable organizations to offer hostel-type accommodation. Major reforms in the 1980s established standards and principles to guide assessment, eligibility, and funding for community and residential aged care services. Today, aged care consists of informal, community, and residential care options to support older Australians aging in place.
Tadhg Daly, Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland from The National Homeca...myhomecare
This slideshow is from Tadhg Daly, Chief Executive of Nursing Homes Ireland. Tadgh recently spoke at Irelands first ever National Homecare Conference which took place on 28th March in The Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin.
BILD Event – 21 March 2018 : Transforming care - Sharing solutions that make ...NHS England
Stream A – Developing Community Housing Solutions
Anna McEwan and James Rosborough from Shared Lives tell the story of three people who have been able to move from residential care settings into the community through their involvement in Shared Lives. The presentation also explains how Shared Lives works and how it can support the Transforming Care agenda.
This presentation is from the Art of Social Prescribing event which took place on 17th September 2015 in Liverpool.
This presentation was given by Helen Edwards and Matt Pearce from Gloucestershire CCG.
This one day conference aimed to respond to increasing interest in social prescribing. It presented the latest academic and applied research with particular reference to the role that arts and cultural activities play in social prescribing. A range of workshops that took place introduced a range of established arts and cultural programmes, highlighted good practice approaches in mental health and wellbeing and encouraged debate on how to most effectively commission, fund and evaluate social prescribing schemes.
The conference was delivered in partnership by NEF and academics leading the AHRC-funded Art of Social Prescribing project at Liverpool John Moores University. It is a Making Connections event, part of the Cultural Commissioning Programme, an Arts Council England funded initiative to support commissioners, arts & cultural sector and policymakers with undertaking cultural commissioning to improve public service outcomes. www.ncvo.org/CCProg.
This document discusses community development and its potential benefits for improving population health outcomes. It summarizes the HELP (Health Empowerment Leveraging Partnerships) project approach, which involves working with local residents and services to tackle issues, build social networks and make services more responsive. Evidence suggests that stronger social networks can reduce mortality risk and help address health inequalities. The HELP model has led to improved outcomes such as more responsive local services and reductions in health indicators like CVD admissions. Cost-benefit analysis indicates the HELP approach can save money compared to the investment required.
This document discusses community development and its potential benefits for improving population health outcomes. It summarizes the HELP (Health Empowerment Leveraging Partnerships) project approach, which involves working with local residents and services to tackle issues, build social networks and make services more responsive. Evidence suggests that stronger social networks can reduce mortality risk and help address health inequalities. The HELP model has led to improved outcomes such as more responsive local services and reductions in health indicators like CVD admissions. Cost-benefit analysis indicates the HELP approach can save money compared to the investment required.
The document discusses respite care programs in Virginia that provide temporary relief to caregivers of older adults, people with disabilities, and children. It describes various respite care options including adult day care, in-home services, and institutional care. It also outlines Virginia initiatives like the Respite Care Initiative program and National Family Caregiver Support Program that fund respite care services through local area agencies on aging and nonprofit organizations. The goal is to help caregivers balance their responsibilities and support individuals remaining in their homes.
The document discusses creating cultural change in care homes. It suggests starting with small interventions to build relationships and mobilizing existing resources. Drawing on cultural strengths and involving people at all levels can help shift a culture from one of "patronage" to engagement. Telling residents', staff, and relatives' stories can provide insights to improve care and make people feel valued.
Marie Curie's strategic plan for 2014-2019 has a vision of providing a better life for terminal illness patients and their families. The objectives are to reach more people, improve end of life care across the UK, and manage the charity effectively. Marie Curie provides nursing services, day hospices, rapid response, and a helper service in Northern Ireland to support terminal illness patients and their families. The helper service matches volunteers to provide companionship, respite for families, emotional support, information on services, and some practical support. The companions project also uses trained volunteers to support patients and families in hospitals during final hours of life.
SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY (GRIATRICS).pptxHajiDrammeh
This document discusses services available for the elderly in India. It outlines objectives to provide health services through community-based primary care, identify health issues, and build family caregiver capacity. Services described include health promotion, treatment, rehabilitation, day care, and home care linked to regional geriatric centers. Challenges include lack of trained staff and dedicated infrastructure. The roles of nurses are also summarized.
The document provides information about Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, including:
- They are the main provider of NHS community health services across West Sussex and Brighton & Hove, serving over 9,000 people daily through medical, nursing and therapeutic care.
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1. Shared Learning from Scotland
Innovation in Respite
Grosvenor Hall, Belfast
21st February 2012
2. Shared Care Scotland
Working together to improve the quality and
availability of short breaks across Scotland
www.sharedcarescotland.org.uk
Right Break, Right Place, Right Time
3. Presentation headings
Caring in Scotland
Re-defining respite care
Recent policy developments
The road ahead – opportunities and constraints
4. A profile of Scotland’s carers
There are an estimated 657,300 carers in Scotland
60% female, 40% men
20% over 70 years of age
An estimated 100,000 young carers
20% caring for 50hrs/week or more
70% have been caring for more than 5 years
Unpaid carers save the Scottish economy
£10.3 billion/year
5. The impact of caring
70% of carers experiencing health problems
One in five give up work to care
More than half feeling isolated and lonely
40-60% of carers have not had a short break
7. “Carers will play an increasingly important
role in the support, care and treatment of
people with long-term and/or multiple
conditions, disabilities, illnesses, including
dementia.”
10. Vision
Carers are recognised and valued as equal partners in
care.
Carers are not disadvantaged, or discriminated
against by virtue of being a carer.
Carers are supported and empowered to manage their
caring responsibilities with confidence and in good
health, and to have a life of their own outside of
caring.
11. From Beds to Breaks...
The Long and Winding Road!
14. Turning a corner…
2005/6: Care 21 – The Future of Unpaid Care in
Scotland – highlights breaks from caring as top
concern
2007: SNP Manifesto commitments – +10,000 weeks,
guaranteed entitlement
2008: Scottish Government short break guidance to
local authorities, health boards and partnerships
2010: Carers Strategy for Scotland, £5m commitment
to improving short breaks
15. ...A BETTER DEFINITION?
Services provided with the aim of enhancing and
developing the quality of life of a person who has
support needs and their carer (where there is
one), and to support their relationship.
The distinctive feature of short breaks is that
they should be a positive experience for both.
Scottish Govt. guidance on the planning and development of personalised
short break services, circular CCD 4/2008
16. Now £12 million – 2010-2015
Third Sector – service development grants & direct
grants to families and carers
Managed by Shared Care Scotland on behalf of
NCOs
80,000 additional hours delivered so far - 4,500
carers and families benefitting
1% of total breaks provided
17. The principles of the Short Breaks Fund:
Funds will support the personalisation agenda,
providing early intervention, choice and the
tailoring of service provision to meet the needs of
individuals;
Funding will be allocated where there is mutuality
of benefit, i.e. the benefit to the carer and those they
care for are clearly defined;
Strengthening evidence basis and embedding
learning
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30. Energy
Fun
Choice Friendship
Excitement
Companionship
32. “I REALLY ENJOYED NOT
WAKING UP TO THE
SOUND OF THE ALARM,
NOT HAVING TO SHOP IN THE
SUPERMARKET AND NOT
COOKING!”
33. FOR MY
“THANK YOU
HOLIDAY. WE WENT ON
A BIG BUS AND SAW LOTS OF
BOATS AND A BIG BIRD CAME
DOWN AND STOLE MY CHIPS.”
34. “DIDN’T REALISE HOW
MUCH I NEEDED IT
UNTIL I GOT BACK. MADE A
HUGE DIFFERENCE TO STRESS
LEVELS AND GENERAL
OUTLOOK.”
35. “MY HUSBAND REALLY
ENJOYED THIS BREAK. HE
WAS RELAXED, ENJOYED
MEETING PEOPLE AND I WAS
HAPPY TO SEE HIM LAUGHING,
WE
HAPPY AND NORMAL.
EVEN DANCED.”
37. Keeps families together and strengthens caring relationships
Prevents or delays the need for permanent care
Improves physical and emotional health and well-being
Allows people with care needs and their carers to enjoy the same
rights, opportunities and aspirations as other people
Promotes inclusion and independence
38. IT WORKS WHEN...
Carers and the people they support:
can arrange and plan for a break when they need it
have a choice of short break opportunities which are
flexible
have easy access to support, information and advice
and know how to get help if they need it
are confident in the reliability and quality of care
provided by short break providers
have peace of mind that appropriate replacement
care will be available if there is an emergency
39. IT WORKS WHEN...
People :
have a choice of short break opportunities which are
flexible
have more control over decisions about how, when
and where services are provided
have information and support to help with these
decisions
are able to influence the shape and direction of
short break provision in their area
40. “Barriers to respite are not always simply
financial. Many carers feel nervous about leaving
a family member in someone else’s care...the
Short Breaks Fund introduced the option gently
through the short breaks tailored to them. This
has made them more open to considering further
use of respite services.”
Quarriers Glasgow South West Carers Centre
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42. Looking ahead...
Opportunities Constraints on progress
Growing recognition of Insufficient leadership,
carers planning and management
Cross party support – long Varying pace = inequities
term goal setting Lack of capacity building in
Exciting developments in Self information and support
Directed Support services
Outcome focused Financial pressures lead to
commissioning fire fighting not fire
Integration of Health & prevention
Social Care
43. “We expect the Change Fund to act as a
catalyst for driving a radical and
innovative redesign of older people’s
services within a more integrated system
of health and social care in Scotland.”
RESHAPING CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE:
CHANGE FUND GUIDANCE 2012/13
44. “However beautiful the strategy, you should
occasionally look at the results.”
Sir Winston Churchill
45. Shared Care Scotland
Working together to improve the quality and
availability of short breaks across Scotland
www.sharedcarescotland.org.uk
Right Break, Right Place, Right Time
46. specialised respite centres
sitter services
befriending networks
breaks in the home of
another family
supported holiday breaks
residential care homes or nursing
homes
breaks in supported accommodation
day centres and activity
clubs
self directed breaks supported by
vouchers, direct payments or individual
budgets
Editor's Notes
National organisation – founded 25 years ago Purpose is to promote improvements to short breaks (respite care) through development and dissemination of good practice, providing information and advice to people who plan and use services, working with govt to improve policy and practice.
657,300 carers = 1 in 8 of the population The majority of carers provide care to a parent, closely followed by care to other relatives 60% are female and 40% men. 40% of carers are over 60 years of age – 6% are over 80 years of age - we know that caring commitments increase with age It is estimated there are 100k young people under 18 helping to care for parents or siblings One in five carers we know care in excess of 50hrs a week = 7hrs a day = continuous caring – described by someone to me a being always on red alert With 650k carers = more than all the doctors, nurses and care workers added together, and their contribution is estimated at 10.3 billion = an equivalent of the entire budget for the NHS in Scotland. Note: very poor data on nos. of people in BME communities caring – results of next census will help. I hope these figures illustrate the point that as professionals we must regard carers as people who play an equally important role in delivering the health and care services to our most vulnerable citizens. Without their contributions our health and care systems would collapse. That said, carers don’t want to be professionalised – most probably see caring as just what you do when people in your family or community need extra support – but as the caring intensifies and perhaps overwhelms other parts of their lives – sustaining it becomes increasingly difficult without some outside help.
The impact of caring can be immense: • Intensive caring can result in carers being twice as likely to suffer from ill-health as non carers – 27% reporting their health as poor or very poor • One in five give up work to care – financial impact on families can be immense – additional costs of caring/less income) Clear evidence that caring is most likely to be reported in homes with very low incomes – areas of multiple deprivation higher incidences of caring. • Sometimes, the financial impact of caring can be acute (for example, by requiring additional heating, paying for special diets, transport costs to distant services) • Where spouses or partners provide caring support to each other and where one person in the partnership falls ill or experiences an adverse event, this can result in both being admitted to hospital at much greater cost to health and social care budgets. No two caring situations the same – support needs to be flexible to cope with this – caring can change over time (condition of the cared for person or the coping abilities of the carer) which means that needs have to be regularly reviewed. This is a very important point.
Scotland’s population is constantly changing. This chart will be familiar to many of you. It visually demonstrates the way Scotland’s population structure has changed over the last 100 years and how it is projected to change – from the pyramid of 1911, to a supertanker by 2031. The important issue for us is the way the population is projected to change over the next 10 years and beyond. I will demonstrate here why this has particular resonance for all of us involved in the delivery of health and social care; and why we need to put this firmly on our agenda now and not simply hope that everything will just turn out right by chance.
Government recognises this (not just Scotland, UK and western society) – extract from 5 years Carers Strategy
Central govt now has far fewer levers that it can pull on to influence how local authorities spend their money. Sense that we should trust local democracy – central government sets the overall direction /negotiates high level outcomes that need to be acheived in terms of the economy, health and wellbeing, environment – gives Councils/elected officials greater scope to decide locally what services to support or provide, to what level according to the needs and circumstances of their local citizens. This means – where carers are concerened – we need to ensure that carers have a voice in local decision making – find ways of helping carers to connect into these local democratic processes. We need carers to come forward to be involved. The SNP government made the commitment in its latets manifesto to introducing a Scottish Carers Parliament – an opportunity for carers to speak directly to our elected MSP’s and Scottish Government Minsiters. They have also committed to introducing a Carers Rights Charter – this is unlikely to introduce new rights for carers at this stage but will, we hope, help to amplify those that already exists but which have perhaps not been widely implemented.
Strategy published in 2010 – 5 years Provides strategic context for carers – reference point for other stakeholders to locate their plans and thereby drive forward change in a more uniform and consistent way Challenging as plan was published in an economic downturn – but existence has arguably protected carers from severest of cuts and has actually increased national expenditure – including, albeit at very modest levels, short breaks.
This strategy promotes the following vision... This is not going to be achieved overnight of course – designed to provide central and local govts with a clear sense of direction – expectation that progress will be made towards this vision. But also that every stakeholder will share this vision – vol service provider, social worker, nurse, home carer – will play their part and align their efforts towards this vision. Money won’t achieve this vision alone – attitudes, partnerships, leadership and community engagement.
Language is so important – it can help to both reinforce or dispel commonly held perceptions. There is still a tendency to refer to respite beds and this just reinforces the rather impersonal and institutional or hospital associations. Move from respite to breaks from caring or short breaks. We are on a journey – twisty and turny and requires considerable energy to move up the hill. Now that we are moving – can’t risk taking our foot off the gas – so easily roll back down that hill.
This quote neatly sums up our starting point – from which we need to measure our progress.
Sets out key issues including the purpose and preventative benefits of breaks, the need for more concerted effort to move towards greater choice, flexibility and personalisation of services. Provides case studies of good practice. Although not uniform improvements – the 10k weeks, £4.2M, guidance, strategy is starting to have an affect on how local authorities (mainly) manage and provide short breaks and respite care. More outcome focused planning – use of outcome tools in assessing needs – leading to more personalised solutions rather than one size fits all Innovative developments such as ‘short break bureau’ and vouchers schemes or respite accounts More involvement of carers and service users in strategic decisions
¾ carers report feeling tired and stressed as a direct result of their caring responsibilities – knock on effect on the family With the right kind of short breaks, families will be able to cope and will continue to support and care saving the state money by preventing/delaying need for permanent care Most importantly it enables people to be able to stay connected to their communities, their friends and all the other normal things we do in our lives that we take for granted
Let’s not forget that good intentions are not what we’re looking for – the measure of success will be carers and the people they care for experiencing better lives. All very well to talk the talk...carers have understandably become quite cynical about so called new initiatives or more strategies. Challenge for government – national and local – will be to develop the means to measure progress. Check that policy and investment is bringing about real change on the ground. Events such as this can play a role here where carers can connect directly to the local decision makers and practitioners and help to influence the future shape and direction of services. If carers are to be equal partners...that's as it should be. Thank you very much.