Care Home Liaison Team: Andrew Baker: CPN Alistair Amos: CPN - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Care Home Liaison Team:

Andrew Baker: CPN Alistair Amos: CPN Sharon Sorungbe: OT

*CPN in put:

• Andrew: MSN, Keynsham outlying areas of Bath

and Paulton Community Hospital

• Alistair: Central Bath and Sulis Unit

Process:

• Fax referral to Primary care liaison: 01225 362799
• Andrew/ Alistair aim to make contact within 48 hours
• Assess/ review…..refer on to the Complex

Intervention Treatment Team if needed Bases:

• Andrew: The Hollies: Midsomer Norton
• Alister: NHS House: Bath

Training and Occupational Therapy and Best Interests Assessor re: DoLS: Sharon

• BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy- 1995
• PSCE (Post 16)- 2004
• MSc in Dementia- 2014
• Best Interest Assessor- (2015)
• Training within Care Homes within BANES (over 30)
• Training with Domiciliary Care Agencies: 4 key providers
• Training to 2 Community Hospitals
• Links with Dorothy House re: Dementia Steering Group
• Activities

Training Sessions offered:

• General Mental Health
• Dementia Awareness
• Person Centred Care
• Communication difficulties within dementia
• Understanding and Managing Behavioural and

psychological Symptoms of Dementia

• Meaningful Activity
• Depression in Later Life
• Staff Well Being
• 1-1.5 hours per session, aligned the training to elements
• f the care certificate…..E.g….

• Overview of mental Health Conditions
• 1.4

Working in partnership with others

• 9.1

Understand the needs and experiences of people with mental health conditions, dementia or learning disabilities

• 9.2

Understand the importance of promoting positive health and well-being for individuals who have mental health conditions, dementia or learning disabilities

• 9.5

Understanding the legal frameworks, policy and guidelines relating to mental health conditions, dementia and learning disabilities

• 9.6

Understand the meaning of mental capacity in relation to how care is provided

• Dementia Awareness
• 9.1

Understand the needs and experiences of people with mental health conditions, dementia or learning disabilities

• 9.2

Understand the importance of promoting positive health and well-being for individuals who have mental health conditions, dementia or learning disabilities

• 9.3

Understanding the adjustments which may be necessary in care delivery relating to an individual who may have a mental health condition, dementia or a learning disability

• 9.4

Understanding the importance of early detection of mental health conditions, dementia and learning disabilities

• Person Centred Care
• 1.4

Working in partnership with others

• 5.1

Understand Person Centred Values

• 5.2

Understand working in a Person Centred Way

• 5.6

Support the individual to maintain their identity and self-esteem

• 5.7

Support the individual using person centred values

• 7.1

Understand the principles that underpin privacy and dignity in care

• 7.2

Maintain the privacy and dignity of individuals in your care

• 7.3

Support individual’s rights to make choices

• 7.4

Support individuals in making choices about their care

• Communication
• 6.1

Understand the importance of effective communication at work

• 6.2

Understand how to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals

• 6.3

Understand how to promote effective communication

• 6.5

Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication

• 6.6

Support the use of appropriate communication aids/ technologies

Staff Group:

• Care Staff: Care Assistants,

Activity Co-ordinators Nurses

• Administration staff
• Cooks
• Domestics/ cleaners
• Managers
• Session: 400+
• Staff groups: 4-30
• Average: 9 staff per session
• Any time of day and early evening

Other things:

• Activity Forums: Monthly along with Activity news letter to all homes

months (very well attended)

• Activity Workshops: 0.5 day in November with request to run again

2nd JUNE afternoon

• Complex Case discussions: based on the Newcastle Model
• Who day 9-5pm Dementia Induction sessions (Mental health,

depression, dementia, PCC, Communication, BPSD and activity held in Bath monthly (31st March/ 20th April)…..starting in Keynsham (28th April/ 16th June 17th August). For new staff in care homes to attend.

Why Is This Important?

• National Service Framework: Older People (DoH, 2001)
• Securing Better Mental Health for Older Adults (DoH, 2005)
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence: various Dementia

Guidelines

• Everybody’s business: Integrating Mental Health Services for

Older Adults (DoH, 2006).

• Home from Home: Alzheimer’s Society (2007)
• All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (APPG) (2008)
• Living Well with Dementia: A National Dementia Strategy

(DoH, 2009) objective 11,12,15

• National Dementia Declaration for England: Sir Sube

Banerjee (2009)

• Mental Capacity Act (2005) London: HMSO

Future development:

• Is there anything you need from

us?