These resources have been carefully selected to offer a broad range of provision for you and your colleagues, from data protection to recruitment and employment and from lifestyle to bereavement support. If there are resources you use and find invaluable, then please let us know so we can share more widely with the whole network.
A few days ago Dementia United highlighted the latest resource from Dementia Change Action Network #DCAN to support the experience of emergency hospitalisation for people living with dementia and their carers, as well as supporting emergency hospital staff.
The Personal Wellbeing Plan for Emergencies is a document to facilitate personalised care and support in busy hospital departments.
It would be great if you could help encourage its use by people living with dementia, carers, and people who work in emergency hospital environments, and share the attachments plus this message with any networks and colleagues who you think might find this of interest.
A few ideas from DCAN to support sharing this resource:
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Dementia Change Action Network (DCAN) has been exploring dementia care in emergency hospital settings, looking at ways to make it better for everyone.
In collaboration with people with lived experience and the NHSE they have co-designed a new document which is for people to take to hospital with them to facilitate the delivery of personalised care and support in busy hospital departments.
Discover more about the Hospitals Project and download the personal well-being plan for emergencies document here
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If you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch at contact@dcan.org.uk
Eating and drinking well in care homes resources.
We have some workforce inclusion resources which have been commissioned by NHS GM and produced for health and social care colleagues.
It is important that these are not shared beyond this scope, as it will be in breach of the contract.
There are 3 pdf documents below
How to be LGBTQ+ Inclusive_Top ten tips
There is also recording a of a Bitesize session relating to the Top 10 tips.
The University of Worcester’s recent project – Supporting People Living with Dementia in Extra Care Housing (DemECH) explored how Extra Care Housing can help people to live well with dementia. Looking at the benefits, challenges, what helps and also the pros and cons for different models of Extra Care Housing.
Their findings are now available as a resource in three different formats: key insights booklet, an infographic and a series of short videos. They can be found on the resources webpage. A blog about the resources is also available.
Three booklets have been developed to provide key insights from this research project, and are aimed at different audiences:
Guidance, advice and practical tools help you to plan and implement the improvements needed to deliver Good or Outstanding care.
Skills for Care have resources and support for regulated services who fall below the CQC expectations or fear they risk doing so.
If your service does not meet the CQC standards, it is important that you act quickly to improve the quality of care provided and minimise the reputational risk of being rated Requires Improvement or Inadequate.
You can download the guide here as well as taking their e-learning option.
Please find the link to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority website where you will be able to find all the slides and recordings from the GM Falls Prevention Awareness Week.
If you weren’t able to attend any of the lunchtime webinars, now’s your chance to catch up!
