Care home training in values and difficult care home owners

Hi Lorraine

Thank you for all the info, that will be very helpful.

I don't mind you using anything from emails if you wish to do so. As
you can gather I am very passionate about this subject.

Thanks again for your help

Sally

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>From: [log in to view email address]
>Date: 23/07/2009 11:00
>To: <[log in to view email address]>
>Subj: [Dignity Champions Discussion Forum] - Care home training in

values and difficult care home owners

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>HI,
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>1 A Dignified Revolution has done some dignity and respect inhouse

training for care homes and care home groups in Wales - we are happy to
talk with anyone further if you contact [log in to view email address].
uk and talk with Monica or look on website www.dignifiedrevolution.org.
uk

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>2 Another option is to look at the OU openlearn site (google

OpenLearn and OU) where there are free resources to download and use
from some of our health and social care courses. K100/K101 in
particular which is our foundation course and totally based on the
values and principles of care.

>If you wish more formal use then do have a look at K101 for your

staff, on OU main website, as it has an integrated NVQ Level 3 Health
and social care within the course and paper-free assessment. The
underpinning knowledge for the NVQ is contained in the course and the
OU NVQ centre matches the assignments to the NVQ.

>Also have a look at the OU Silverville set of BBC programme which

begin on Friday. You can download these for use in training.

>
>3 Please do look at the website My Home Life. There are lots of

free resources on there for care homes to use.My Home Life is a UK
project begun within Help the Aged and now continues in partnership
with Joseph Rowntree Trust and the main steering group.

>Do contact the project director - Professor Julienne Meyer, who is

based at City university. There is a DVD which can be used in
training.

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>I know about My Home Life because I am the Chair. Help the Aged won

a funding bid from the Welsh Assembly government last year from the
Health Ageing section to develop a more action research project in
Wales.

>There is a newsletter available soon which explains this project and

I am happy to send it out - or put it through DiC once it is complete.
We have 8 pilot homes in Wales (ranging from very small, residential,
rural to large and urban.

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>Wales' own My Home Life website should begin once the brand for the

new charity (merger of Age Concern Cymru and Help the Aged in Wales)i
organised. Until that time please look at the Wales section on the
main My Home Life website. www.myhomelife.org.uk

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>Hope that you find one option to suit you.
>
>My background was 12 years in managing care homes for a housing

association as well as undertaking research in these. I completely
understand that it is very difficult for some managers in some tightly
owned care homes.

>All I can say is that you use your professional union and/or your

local care home managers group if you have one to keep up your moral
and learn ways to challenge and change. The National Min Care Home
Standards are being reviewed so lobbly your politicians to focus down
on training linked with quality of care - mandatory of course.

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>Regards,
>
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>Lorraine Morgan
>Tiwtor Staff/Staff Tutor,
>
>Cyfadran Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol/Faculty of Health and Social

Care

>Y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru/The Open University in Wales
>18 Stryd y Tolldy/18 Custom House Street
>Caerdydd/ Cardiff CF10 1AP
>Tel: 029 20 262760
>web: http://www.open.ac.uk/wales
>Mobile 07 827 895 862
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ginny Cheytan [mailto:[log in to view email address]]
>Sent: Thu 7/23/2009 8:30 AM
>To: [log in to view email address]
>Subject: [Dignity Champions Discussion Forum] - Dignity Champion

Training

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>Hi Sally
>It sounds as if you're having a hard time. Let me assure you that not

all

>managers and owners believe in keeping staffing to a minimum. There

are many

>innovative ideas coming from residents that are working within the

care

>homes that are supported by very enthusiastic staff. Sorry I'm not in

your

>area to offer more support to you but would be happy to exchange

ideas.

>Regards
>Ginny
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>Virginia Cheytan
>Home Manager
>Candle Court Care Home
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sally Boyle [mailto:[log in to view email address]]
>Sent: 22 July 2009 23:32
>To: [log in to view email address]
>Subject: [Dignity Champions Discussion Forum] - Dignity Champion

Training

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>Hi wonder if anyone knows of any Dignity Training near Trowbridge in
>Wiltshire?
>I would like to know more and find out more about what we can do to

spread

>dignity awareness in Care homes.
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>I am an activities coordinator in a nursing home for the elderly and

I feel

>there is so much more that needs to be done in this area, with

regards to

>training people and reminding them that this is not just a job of

providing

>care, but it's about people's lives, respect and dignity.
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>I try to dish out gentle but constant reminders to carers that most

of these

>people have led very active or independent lives, and now find

themselves

>dependent on other people. Some feel cut down like a tree, some may

feel

>confused and may not understand what is happening to them.
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>However dependent or independent a resident may be they still have

their

>rights and everyone should be treated as an individual with their own

likes

>and dislikes.
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>They should not have to fit around an institutional system the system

should

>fit around them.
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>We effectively work for them, they are not products of the workplace

and no

>matter how rushed we are, we should remember this and COMPANIES and

MANAGERS

>who run care homes should recognise this and stop expecting homes to

run on

>minimum staffing levels.
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>I would like to be a dignity trainer in my home, but I feel unless I

can be

>provided with training and given recognition as one or provided with

the

>qualification to be one, I will not be taken seriously and people can

just

>pass me off as only an activities coordinator with no authority to

teach

>anyone.
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>If anyone knows of any such training please let me know.
>
>Regards
>Sally
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