Inside this issue:

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Physical Activity in West Dunbartonshire

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OT event 3

Advancing Healthcare awards 4

D+G Reablement Training Fleet Valley Let’s Motivate

5

National Care Homes Open Day 6

Project Update

National Managing Falls &

Fractures in Care Homes

for Older People Project

April 2015

Issue 12

Our next WebEx is on 3rd June 2015 Time: 15:00-16:00 Continence- the bottom line of quality care? Professor Jo Booth

Professor of Rehabilitation Nursing

Institute for Applied Health Research

Glasgow Caledonian University

Any specific areas you would like to cover or to register interest please contact: lynn.flannigan@nhs.net

Make falls everyone’s business everyday........ This issue is our first since our local leads from Dumfries and

Galloway Leigh Clemie and Maggie Morrison finished their sec-

ondments to the project. Maggie continues in her role as

community Physiotherapist and Leigh, as Occupational Thera-

pist.

Sheila Morris continues her role as care home Occupational

Therapist in Highland on a permanent basis.

Hazel Kelly in West Dunbartonshire is working additional hours

supporting care homes and the wider community falls collabora-

tive with the implementation of The Prevention and Manage-

ment of Falls in the community A framework for action 2014-

2016 www.gov.scot/Publications/2014/10/9431.

We would like to thank Maggie, Leigh, Hazel and Sheila for their support to care homes and wider community during the

Up and About project. Maggie and Leigh have developed a Directory of Services for D&G as part of their role and this has

been a valuable resource.

Highland, West Dunbartonshire and Dumfries and Galloway have formed local networks to continue to support improve-

ment work to prevent and mange falls and fractures through these local links. Lynn and I attended the local network in

Dumfries and Galloway which was held at Fleet Valley Gatehouse of Fleet. We had a lovely drive through beautiful scen-

ery . There was representation for care homes who had taken part in the project as well as some new members who are

keen to support improvement in their care home. Members of the wider community teams were present and a physio-

therapist from the local rehabilitation team provided feedback on the work that the team were doing to prevent hospital

admissions and support care home residents to remain in their home. Discussion took place on a case study of a resident

who was frequently falling and suggestions regarding multifactorial interventions were given. We had a similar visit to West

Dunbartonshire for their network, however, the weather was not so kind and we were soaked ! There was feedback on

the podiatry footcare training taking place. There was also a discussion about how Vitality exercise programme had im-

proved the quality of life for a resident who previously could not walk around the care home and was now able to do so

since their training programme.

Lynn, Amaia and I are currently revising the Managing falls and fractures in care homes for older people resource. It is en-

visaged that this will be in final draft by June 2015 with a launch during summer 2015. We have found that the key to suc-

cess is to make falls everyones business everyday. Analysing falls on an individual and care home level is vital. Taking action

following analysis and sharing this with other staff helps reduce falls. Using the expertise from the wider health and social

care team is important.

Lianne.mcinally1@nhs.net

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BENCH WALKS

Pictured here are participants in The Bench Walk programme.

The programme has been designed to boost confidence when

in an outdoor open space. This is working very well and all

those involved are progressing. The beautiful scenery is a bo-

nus too!

WALKING FOOTBALL IN DALREOCH DAY CARE CENTRE

Pictured here are some of the participants of The Walking Football programme. This is a 12 week programme

run in Dalreoch Daycare by a trainer from the Meadow Centre.

Both programmes are funded by West Dunbartonshire Council.

Physical Activity In West Dunbartonshire

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Training Care Home Staff to Support Activity

Facilitated by Karin Tancock

Tuesday 2 June 2015

Registration 09:30 – 09:50 Finish 16:30

St Johnstone’s Football Club, McDiarmid Park, PERTH

The event aims to give occupational therapists the skills to introduce the Living well through activity in care

homes toolkit into care homes effectively – training occupational therapists to train care home staff to make

activity an integral part of their interaction with residents.

This study day will consider how occupational therapists can use

the toolkit as a training tool and how they can facilitate the

introduction of the toolkit within a care home. The day will explore

the materials and templates in the toolkit and introduce strategies

for assessing and addressing culture change within care homes.

Occupational therapists completing the day can become recognised

COT trainers of the toolkit.

All participants are expected to explore the toolkit and its contents prior to attending the course. The Living

well through activity in care homes toolkit can be found at http://www.cot.co.uk/living-well-care-homes

The event for Occupational therapists who are:

working in a care home or for a care home group offering in-reach services to care homes (as an independent

provider or as part of a health/ social care team.

Outline Programme

Introduction of the toolkit and brief overview of its development and contents.

Assessment of culture and introduction of action planning to integrate activity into care delivery.

Motivating and supporting care home staff e.g. managers, activity coordinators and care staff.

How to involve residents, family and friends and the community.

Learning outcomes

Participants will be able to introduce the Living well through activity toolkit to care homes and facilitate its

implementation.

Learning Objectives:

Gain knowledge and understanding of how to effectively facilitate a change in culture.

Identify actions for change and support the formation and delivery of action plans.

Motivate and support staff in different roles within the care home team to adopt ideas from the toolkit

Evaluate the role of occupational therapy within the care home sector.

Registration fees BAOT Member £150.00

Non-member £300.00

Should you require more information before applying contact Ashleigh Watkins – 020 7450

2329 / cotcs.event@cot.co.uk

Please note that all applications must be received Monday 18 May 2015

Establishing An Activity Culture In Care Homes

Page 4 NHS Highland Success at Advancing Healthcare Awards 2015

The ninth annual Advancing Healthcare Awards recently held in London saw NHS Highland’s innovative model for a

student dietitian care home placement scoop a runners-up prize.

The project, led by NHS Highland duo Evelyn Newman and Emma Pasieka, saw the very first student dietitian in the

United Kingdom complete a placement in a care home setting at Urray House in Muir of Ord.

It secured second place in the Allied Health Professions Federation award for integrated care delivery at the pres-

tigious ceremony on April 17.

Mrs Newman, NHS Highland nutrition and dietetics advisor for care homes, said: “We are delighted to have our

work recognised at a national level, especially knowing that both NHS Lanarkshire and Grampian are now following

our lead and moving forward to place student dietitians in local care homes. It is only a matter of time before other

Boards do the same.

“The general consensus is that it was a very positive experience for everyone concerned, most importantly for the

residents of the care home. The profile and value of dietitians work and nutrition generally in a care home setting

have been championed and recognised by many more people.

“I worked in partnership with Emma Pasieka, NHS Highland dietetic placement co-ordinator, Urray House – which

is part of the Parklands care group – Robert Gordon University and NHS Highland AHP practice education lead,

Kerrie MacLean.

“Along with Catherine Tosh, the student on placement, they have put in an incredible amount of hard work and

deserve this recognition.

“The most important lesson to share from this experience is the value and importance of coming together as a

multi-agency team to plan and develop a placement model that had never been undertaken anywhere in the county

before. It is also yet another excellent example of the benefits of integrated health and adult social care in High-

land.”

All healthcare scientists and allied health professionals (AHPs) are eligible to enter the Advancing Healthcare

Awards to share their innovative practice, and are encouraged to submit their entries each January. Look out for

the 2016 event by visiting www.AHPandHSawards.co.uk or following @AHAwards on Twitter.

In Dumfries and Galloway the reablement awareness was

designed to encourage staff to be aware of enabling activity

at a basic level in care homes.

This involved presentation and activity workshops around

reablement with all levels of staff from cooks, carers to gar-

deners. This also included active debates around reable-

ment and its understanding.

As a small test, in the care home, one cook allowed reable-

ment in the kitchen with residents, while another cook, risk

adversed i.e did all meal preparation, cooking, and serving

for the residents. They found residents who did not partici-

pate in the reablement tasks were found to be “bored” and

“frustrated”.

The outcomes of the small test was that the care home is

the individuals home and agreed that it is the individuals

choice and reablement would be the most beneficial.

This reablement awareness session is “college awareness”

training, which is mapped with the reablement SVQ qualifi-

cation, which was developed by Wendy Thomson, OT de-

velopment Facilitator, for Short Term Assessment Service

(STARS).wendythomson@nhs.net

Dumfries and Galloway Reablement Awareness Training

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Fleet Valley - Let’s Motivate!

Fleet Valley told us “Here at Fleet Valley care home we

are encouraging our residents and staff to be more moti-

vated and to be as mobile as possible, we have a group of

movement champions who have all attended Lets Motivate

Training, we have started a daily exercise class and are

supporting residents with individual movement plans to

encourage daily exercise.

As a staff team we are also motivated to take more exer-

cise and are being sponsored to participate in Kirkcud-

bright and Dalbeattie half marathons with the funds we

generate being used to support our residents to actively

participate in local events and get out and about in our

community.”

Sheila McTaggart Fleet Valley Care Home Castle Douglas

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National Care Homes Open Day

** Please get in touch to contribute to the next Newsletter to

disseminate your good work and/or relevant information**

Up and About in Care Homes April WebEx 29th April 2015

The Up and About in Care Homes Project were delighted to host a WebEx on

the 29th April by Dr Martin Wilson Consultant Physician from Raigmore Hospital

Inverness who presented on the management of falls and frailty from a physician's

perspective. On the day the WebEx was very well “attended” with participants

from a wide range of sectors and from the length and breadth of the country. The

initial feedback on the day was incredibly positive, but don’t worry if you missed it,

the presentation can be viewed at the link below;

https://scotlandgov.webex.com/scotlandgov/ldr.php?

RCID=5dc21b114a1998f58cb74fc258295d98

We have had some really positive feedback from our WebEx sessions including

the following;

“This is probably one of the best uses of tech I have seen in a while”

“I found the WebEx valuable and interesting” “really good session”

“I was really impressed by the IT side” “Very interesting and helpful”

“Fantastic WebEx!!”

If you would like further information on WebEx or have ant suggestions for fur-

ther topics, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

19th June 2015 is National Care Home Day...a day when Care

Homes can host an Open Day within their centres. This is an

opportunity to invite members of your community to meet

members of your care team, tour the building, chat with resi-

dents and find out about what your Home has to offer.

For more information visit;

www.nationalcarehomeopenday.org.uk

Find out what’s happening by following

Care Home Open Day on Twitter

@CareHomeOpenDay and on Facebook

at Care Home Open Day