A cross authority housing and support service has been set up by Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall and Dudley local authorities.
Known as the Birmingham and Black Country Cross Authority Accommodation Project, the service is run by Midland Heart and caters for single people aged 18 and over.
It provides accommodation and support for up to 20 service users. Ten units providing 24 hour support are based in Birmingham, four partially supported units are located in Walsall and Dudley with a further two in Wolverhampton, and 32 units in which floating support is available are situated throughout the four geographical areas.
Each services user has a support plan covering their needs and a risk assessment determining the level of support they need to maximise their independence and help them achieve their goals.
Contact: Claire Hammonds, telephone: 01922 602438, email: hammondc@walsall.gov.uk
Sunday, 17 October 2010
From rehabilitation to the community
Stoke-on-Trent Adult Social Care, Health and Communities directorate has successfully transformed its support service for stroke patients following its redesign of the Stroke Care Pathway, the process used to move patients from rehabilitation back to living in the wider community.
Transformation objectives were to:
Changes have led to:
Staff have also benefited from new personal development opportunities, less paper work and access to an up to date database on the ward and in the community.
The next stage involves giving more health staff access to the database, and employment of a Stroke Liaison Officer who will be responsible for rolling out joint training programmes across health and social care.
Contact: jill.broomhall@stoke.gov.uk
Transformation objectives were to:
- establish a Community Stroke Team delivering services based on a hub and spoke model
- develop integrated personalised health and social care centres
- improve the quality of life for stroke survivors
Changes have led to:
- contact made with the hospital after admission to facilitate early discharge and ensure continuity of care in the community
- appropriate equipment or adjustments made at home at an early stage speeding up hospital discharge times
- a named contact person who will organise a range of support
- services designed to help individuals adjust to the physical and emotional effects of a stroke
- people receiving support from social care staff who have received specialist training and have regular contact with health colleagues specialising in rehabilitation services.
Staff have also benefited from new personal development opportunities, less paper work and access to an up to date database on the ward and in the community.
The next stage involves giving more health staff access to the database, and employment of a Stroke Liaison Officer who will be responsible for rolling out joint training programmes across health and social care.
Contact: jill.broomhall@stoke.gov.uk
Taking technology on the road
Road shows promoting assistive technology and the range of devices available to help people in their day to day lives are being held across Staffordshire.
The shows have been organised in response to residents asking for clearer information about what is available and where devices can be obtained.
Over 100 people attended one of the events held in Audley Village, North Staffordshire, where gadgets ranging from automatic pill dispensers to bath aids and jam jar openers were available for them to try.
In keeping with the theme of reablement and prevention, Staffordshire Fire Service were on hand to test electric blankets and provide risk reduction advice, along with Staffordshire trading standards, the police, and housing services giving information on community safety, avoiding rogue traders, home improvements and telecare services.
Contact: Jim Ellam, email: jim.ellam@staffordshire.gov.uk .
The shows have been organised in response to residents asking for clearer information about what is available and where devices can be obtained.
Over 100 people attended one of the events held in Audley Village, North Staffordshire, where gadgets ranging from automatic pill dispensers to bath aids and jam jar openers were available for them to try.
In keeping with the theme of reablement and prevention, Staffordshire Fire Service were on hand to test electric blankets and provide risk reduction advice, along with Staffordshire trading standards, the police, and housing services giving information on community safety, avoiding rogue traders, home improvements and telecare services.
Contact: Jim Ellam, email: jim.ellam@staffordshire.gov.uk .
Reablement roll out
Staffordshire is set to roll out its new Community Reablement Service in April 2011.
Initial results from the site areas are comparable with national findings and reveal:
The council aims to achieve 55% upwards of people no longer requiring care when the service is fully implemented, placing it in the best performing category of councils.
Key elements of the project include:
Workforce - flexible, helping to shape the new service, changing mindset and workplace culture.
Service philosophy – reablement and empowerment of service users, keeping individuals out of the care system, reduce dependency on the NHS and social care, and align services to personalisation.
Commissioning approach – align to the county’s Joint Commissioning Unit reprovision programme, operate on an integrated service model, shaping new social care markets, encourage adoption of the reablement philosophy.
Contact: Jim Ellam, email: jim.ellam@staffordshire.gov.uk .
In preparation, four developments sites have been set up to trial approaches to reablement and test new ways of working as part of personalisation of services and integrating health with social care. The project is supported by CSED.
Initial results from the site areas are comparable with national findings and reveal:
- 41% of service users require no further care package
- 28% of users requiring a reduced care package
The council aims to achieve 55% upwards of people no longer requiring care when the service is fully implemented, placing it in the best performing category of councils.
Key elements of the project include:
Workforce - flexible, helping to shape the new service, changing mindset and workplace culture.
Service philosophy – reablement and empowerment of service users, keeping individuals out of the care system, reduce dependency on the NHS and social care, and align services to personalisation.
Commissioning approach – align to the county’s Joint Commissioning Unit reprovision programme, operate on an integrated service model, shaping new social care markets, encourage adoption of the reablement philosophy.
Contact: Jim Ellam, email: jim.ellam@staffordshire.gov.uk .
Reablement shows real results in Wolves
Early results from Wolverhampton’s reablement service pilot show 70% of people are leaving the service without need for further social care support.
The remaining 30% go on to receive a limited package of support.The pilot was set up with the help of Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands, and the Joint Improvement Partnership, to test the feasibility of providing a dedicated reablement service.
Staff from the in house domiciliary care team volunteered to take part in the project and received training to deliver reablement focused services alongside social workers and occupational therapists.
The purpose is to identify the appropriate scale and scope of future provision, and provide the means to measure and capture benefits.
If successful, the pilot will be used as the basis for developing a dedicated service. Its scope will be widened to include people with dementia, learning disabilities, physical and sensory impairment and mental health services.
Contact: Tony Rooke, Programme Manager, PPF, email: tony.rooke@wolverhampton.gov.uk ;
telephone:(01902) 550281.
The remaining 30% go on to receive a limited package of support.The pilot was set up with the help of Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands, and the Joint Improvement Partnership, to test the feasibility of providing a dedicated reablement service.
Staff from the in house domiciliary care team volunteered to take part in the project and received training to deliver reablement focused services alongside social workers and occupational therapists.
The purpose is to identify the appropriate scale and scope of future provision, and provide the means to measure and capture benefits.
If successful, the pilot will be used as the basis for developing a dedicated service. Its scope will be widened to include people with dementia, learning disabilities, physical and sensory impairment and mental health services.
Contact: Tony Rooke, Programme Manager, PPF, email: tony.rooke@wolverhampton.gov.uk ;
telephone:(01902) 550281.
CSED steps up reablement drive
Twelve of the region’s local authorities are working with CSED on developing their reablement services.
The DH led CSED programme helps councils find ways of improving the quality and delivery of care by adopting better ways of working, seeking greater value for money and sharing best practice.
One of its projects, the Reablement Service Development Programme, supports councils’ efforts to establish and improve their reablement services.
Reablement entails intensive short term support - usually no more than six weeks – for people with poor physical or mental health.
Delivered by teams of home care assistants, occupational therapists and social workers; service users learn or relearn skills impaired by illness. Support covers all aspects of personal care and routine activities such as making a cup of tea, using a microwave, or making a phone call.
The aim of the programme is to reduce the number of people requiring ongoing support and improve their level of independence.
By the end of March 2011, councils in the West Midlands are expected to:
CSED’s reablement specialists in the West Midlands are:
The DH led CSED programme helps councils find ways of improving the quality and delivery of care by adopting better ways of working, seeking greater value for money and sharing best practice.
One of its projects, the Reablement Service Development Programme, supports councils’ efforts to establish and improve their reablement services.
Reablement entails intensive short term support - usually no more than six weeks – for people with poor physical or mental health.
Delivered by teams of home care assistants, occupational therapists and social workers; service users learn or relearn skills impaired by illness. Support covers all aspects of personal care and routine activities such as making a cup of tea, using a microwave, or making a phone call.
The aim of the programme is to reduce the number of people requiring ongoing support and improve their level of independence.
By the end of March 2011, councils in the West Midlands are expected to:
- route 95% of referrals through reablement
- reach the 60% target of service users no longer needing ongoing support
- reduce by 40% ongoing support to the remaining 40% of service users
- spend on average £2,000 per head on reablement services – current cost of home support averages £6,000 per head each year.
- Success will be measured by:
- improved quality of life for the individual with increased choice and control
- the increase in numbers of people who receive reablement no longer requiring ongoing support
- the increase in referrals who receive reablement support
- reduction in spending on home and residential support.
CSED’s reablement specialists in the West Midlands are:
Simon Pickford, email: Simon.Pickford@dh.gsi.gov.uk, mobile: 07920 814129.
JIP e-bulletin No 16
Welcome
Tony Oakman
When the new government announced plans earlier this year to continue the transformation of adult social care, emphasis was put on encouraging prevention, reablement and personalisation as a way of reducing dependency on the care services, and keep people healthier and independent in their own homes for longer.
The JIP works closely with the DH led Care Services Efficiency Delivery (CSED) programme, to help local authorities increase the range and use of reablement services with the purpose of:- preventing hospital admissions
- speeding up discharge from hospitals
- reducing the need for home care
- helping people to be as independent as possible and regain daily living skills helping people living in residential or nursing homes who would like to return to live in their own home.
Spending on home support averages £6,000 per head each year. With current requirements for local authorities to reduce public spending, and growing pressure to meet the needs of a rapidly increasing ageing population, reablement and preventative services present a cost effective and efficient approach to caring for older vulnerable adults.
Tony Oakman
Director of Adult Social Care
Health and Community
Stoke on Trent City Council
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