The practitioner-researchers are conducting small-scale pieces of research – these projects are informed by the day-to-day concerns of policy and practice and are driven by a desire to improve the lives of people who use services.
See their biographies for more information on the individual projects (please note that these are all working titles/topics at the moment):
- Alan Gilmour – Outcomes for Carers – how do we ensure that training and information support contributes to positive outcomes for carers?
- Clare Bracks – How does a Rapid Response Service impact a client’s experience of a fall in the community?
- Geraldine Ditta – Resilience and wellbeing of people with dementia in relation to perceived attitudes in rural Highland communities
- Iain Houston – ‘I’ve been thinking’: How Does Completing Life Story Work Affect People with Dementia?
- Elaine Monteith – What are the barriers and enablers for women with learning disabilities in accessing screening services?
- Raymond Brennan – Can ‘Circles of Friends’ help children and young people with additional support needs achieve some of their outcomes (SHANARRI) in Scotland’s mainstream schools?
- Stephen Pennington and Colin Campbell – Commissioning for Outcomes in Care at Home Services – Developing, Implementing and Evaluating a new Highland Approach
- Stephen Finlayson – Does an outcomes focused approach offer an opportunity to think about risk in more positive language and therefore better outcomes?
- Michael Mason – Evaluation of engaging in Active Support on staff members’ contribution to Person Centred Planning
- Sarah Duff – Can Yoga Help Bring Calm in People with Dementia?
- Jill Crangle – What are the thoughts and feelings of an older person during an assessment, whilst living in a step-down environment?
The PROP2 project has partnered with seven service delivery organisations:
I attended the PROP2 event yesterday in Edinburgh to hear of the outcomes of the Practitioners Research and enjoyed the day very much. Here’s to PROP3?
Marie 🙂