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Jan 16, 2016
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Chris Gage
CEO & Creative Director for Ladder to the Moon since 2005
10 years as a professional theatre director working in social and public settings
4 years specialising in interactive theatre with people living with dementia
Grandmother lived in care with dementia
Ladder to the Moon
Charity established in 2001
Working with older people in care for 7 years
Specialise in dementia care
Improving quality of life by Improving quality of care.
Investment by DH Innovation
ClientsBUPA
Barchester
Camden Training & Development Service
Norfolk County Council
Brighton PCT
Heritage Care
Central & Cecil
CONTEXT
Current ContextLocal Authority Cuts
CQC
Standards
Excellence
Personalisation
Person Centred Care
Dignity Agenda
Care Quality Commission
Skills for Care & QCF Dementia Units
NSA: Social Care
National Dementia Strategy
LA Cuts
10-15%
Pressure to justify costs
Particular challenge for independent homes
Homes will close in this economic cycle
Need to differentiate on quality to survive
CQCStandards
Outcome 4: Maintains their welfare and promotes their wellbeing by taking account of all their needs, including:
physicalmentalsocialpersonal relationshipsemotionaldaytime activity
CQCNew Excellence Ratings
Likely to look at
Activity programmes for residents and evidence that they are taking place
Turnover of staff
Spot inspections and independent feedback from residents and their families.
Business Case for Activities
Differentiation
Reputation
Work of Mouth - vibrant home
Staff Engagement and Retention
Improved Leadership across the home
Evidence for Commissioners and Regulators
Home from Home54% of carers reported that their relative did not have enough to do in a care home;
the typical person in a care home spent just two minutes interacting with staff or other residents over a six-hour period of observation (excluding time spent on care tasks);
the availability of activities and opportunities for occupation is a major determinant of quality of life affecting mortality, depression, physical function and behavioural symptoms, but that these activities are seldom available.
staff enjoy providing opportunities of activity and occupation and would like to be able to do more of this within their work
maintaining good relationships between relatives and the home, and supporting the ongoing relationship between relatives and the person with dementia, have important benefits for both parties, including carers’ degree of stress, residents’ quality of life and engagement in activity.
A study by CSCI of care homes has shown the quality of staff communication with people with dementia has a major impact on their quality of life. Leadership, ethos of the care home, staff training and support and development are the crucial factors in supporting good practice.48
National Dementia StrategyObjective 11: Living well with dementia in care homes. Improved quality of care for people with dementia in care homes through the development of explicit leadership for dementia care within care homes, defining the care pathway there, the commissioning of specialist in-reach services from community mental health teams, and through inspection regimes.
NDS - Care homes that provide excellent care for people with dementia generally pay close attention to:
Leadership and staff management
Staff training and development
Person-centred care planning.
Purposeful activities that relate to individual preferences rather than general entertainment
Actively involve relatives and friends in the care of residents
Paul BurstowCare Services minister
"Compassion, common sense, treating people with dignity and respect are not simply about spending more. They are about the way you do things. We want to look at what's being done [in nursing homes] to add life to the years you're having rather than just adding years to the life you're leading.”
Activities Leaders ProgrammeLadder to the Moon for Hertfordshire Care Providers Association
Programme Aims
Build an activities based personalised culture in care homes in Hertfordshire.
For programme participants to see themselves and behave as Activity Leaders
Participants deliver with colleges a programme of events on the theme of Getting to Know You
To develop HCPA Key Activity Leaders facilitating peer groups.
Jude SweetingTrainer, Coach & Development Consultant
Coach - Jude Sweeting19 years in Dementia Care
12 years as Dementia Development Officer for City of Westminster
General Nursing Background
Qualified Life Coach
Dementia Trainer (Dementia UK)
Programme Outline
8 Month Programme
1 Day for Managers and Activity Leads
4 Days for Activity Leads
6 Coaching Phone Calls
Ongoing Peer support
6 ‘Getting to Know You’ Themed Events
Getting to Know YouThemed Events:
This is your life
Desert Island Disks
Holiday Cruise Liner
Jobs & Home
Getting Ready & Going Out
Birthday - A year in the life
Application Criteria
3 page application form
Manager must commit to supporting Activities Lead
Manager attending one day of the programme
Involvement of Family and Friends
Ability to host training days
Facilitate peer groups at the end of the programme
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