{"id":536,"date":"2015-06-10T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/innovate\/?p=536"},"modified":"2017-02-03T12:34:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T12:34:19","slug":"care-at-home-housing-support-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iriss.org.uk\/innovate\/2015\/06\/10\/care-at-home-housing-support-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Care at Home and Housing Support Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday last week I was pleased to present our Hospital\u00a0to Home project<\/a> at Scottish Care’s\u00a0Care at Home and Housing Support Conference.<\/p>\n

The conference, entitled\u00a0\u2018My Home, My Rights, My Care\u2019<\/a><\/strong>, focused on how we can deliver person-centred care through\u00a0partnership working in an ever changing sector and work force.<\/p>\n

\"CGuWkNYWcAA2VV_\"<\/a>The event\u00a0was attended by over 200 delegates. There were only a handful of speakers (detailed below), meaning that delegates could take time to move round the stands on display from a range of organisations – including IRISS where we were able to share resources from our Fit for the Future project<\/a>\u00a0– network and ask questions. I much prefer events like this rather than ones that shoehorn\u00a0too much into their programmes with no time for reflection!<\/p>\n

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The event had a strong focus on personalisation and working with people. I was pleased to hear ‘listening<\/em>‘; ‘partnership<\/em>‘; ‘working together<\/em>‘ and ‘person-centred<\/em>‘ repeated as common themes throughout the day.<\/p>\n

Jamie Hepburn,\u00a0MSP for Cumbernauld & Kilsyth, set the tone for the event when he\u00a0said<\/p>\n

“better outcomes for older people relies on listening and partnership working with older people and their careers”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Followed by Ranald Muir, Scottish Care, stating<\/p>\n

“Personalised care will require people having the right to control their care package”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was also really refreshing that Scottish Care had invited Agnes Houston, a woman with early onset dementia, to present her personal story\u00a0including details of where her care had failed her. This was an inspiring presentation and so valuable to have insight from people with lived experience. Well done Agnes and Scottish Care!<\/p>\n

\"CGum6qjW0AAEGUK\"<\/a>Most inspiring of all was the fact that the word ‘love<\/strong><\/em>‘ came up so many times in the presentations throughout the day and the importance of care providers showing love. This relates to other work we are involved in<\/a> and it is encouraging that the importance of love, compassion and care is spreading across the sector at various events.<\/p>\n

In the afternoon I was joined by three other presenters to talk about our work under the theme of “Getting it Right for the Whole Person: Partnership and Personalisation in Practice”.<\/p>\n

\"CGvQ-kaWQAAL_LT\"<\/a>I was inspired to hear about\u00a0a project in Dundee – Meal Makers<\/a> – “a free, local neighbourhood, food-sharing project that connects people who like to cook and are happy to share an extra portion of a delicious home cooked meal, with older neighbours living close by who could really benefit from a hot cooked meal.”<\/em>\u00a0The highlight of this presentation for me was listening to the personal stories of the people involved in this project and how it has supported them. I hope to hear more about this project spreading in Tayside in coming months!<\/p>\n

I also really enjoyed the presentation from Tracy Steel at Care watch about the “Social Media\u00a0Revolution” and the importance of us understanding how this will change our care delivery\u00a0in the future.<\/p>\n

Tracy encouraged\u00a0the care providers in\u00a0the\u00a0audience to spread the word about the care and support they offer by tweeting about the ‘little things’ they do for the people within their care so that people can hear about these and help spread the word for the care sector. After all, it’s the little things that add up to big things that make a difference for the people they care for and their families and carers!<\/p>\n