generations working together care homes

Generations Working Together Care Homes

Carolyn Wilson

Falls Service Manager

Perth & Kinross

carolynwilson@nhs.net

01738 473146

• Established – 2010

• 34 care homes registered• Meet quarterly

• Hub for national developments.

•Networking and support

• Awareness raising

•Sharing activity ideas/

resources and training

•Communication and

information hub

CHAN

• Annual Go4Gold Care Home Challenge (Olympics)

• Swimming programme

• Strength & Balance Exercise Training

• Walk leader Training

• Living Streets

• Living Voices project

• Ryder Cup and Golf Challenge

• Inter-care home Bowling event at indoor rink

Aspects Developed

• 62 care home staff trained in

Strength & Balance exercises

• Encouraging staff to support

increased walking with residents

• 19 care home staff trained as walk leaders

• Local walks created in the vicinity of the homes.

• Community invited to join these walks

• Some residents are joining community led walks.

• Links made with Living Streets

Paths for All/ Living Streets

The UK national charity

working with supporters

to create safe, attractive

streets where people

want to walk.http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/

Living Streets

• Living Streets creating an audit template involving older people

• Key stakeholders able to come together with the community to prioritise issues presenting a barrier to walking, and to identify opportunities for improvement

• Residents participate in an activity to help identify issues that affect them when out walking

• Also involving, carers, P&K Council Accident Prevention Officer, Live Active Leisure Paths for All Coordinator, P&K Vision, NHS Falls Service Manager, community council, schools and community members.

• Pilots in

– Luncarty House, Luncarty (village setting)

– Kincarathie House, Perth – (city home, located next to a busy road

• Both areas have different challenges.

Living Streets Pilot

Luncarty Living Streets Pilot

Involved the local nursery school, as well as the

community, P&K Vision, P&K Council Road Safety, Live

Active Leisure, Falls Service Manager

Living Streets Pilot - Luncarty

Short term recommendations:

Repair path edging

Provide contrasting line at path edge

Cut back overhanging branches and brambles to clear path

Clear grass from path edges and repair damaged path edge

Long term recommendation:

Assess lighting along the path

including drop kerbs and tactile paving

Living Streets - Kincarathie House, Perth

Recent street audit which also involved Kinnouill Primary

School. Kinnouill Primary and Kincarathie have other

intergenerational activities planned including a gardening project,

a reminiscence project, games then and now and further walks.

Perth College University of the

Highland and Islands

Outcomes

• Nov 14, 15 Fitness Instructors undertaking an HND in

Fitness, Health and Exercise trained as Strength &

Balance Exercise Instructors

• Jan – April 15, 3 students allocated to 5 care homes to

provide an exercise programme every Thursday for 12

weeks.

• Students plan, prescribe, deliver and evaluate exercise

sessions (applied exercise for special population groups)

Moncrieffe Nursing Home

Progressing to standing exercises

Craigieknowes Nursing Home

Enjoying the

exercises

Target Golf

throwing the

balls

Students Feedback from Moncrieffe

Nursing Home (week 7)

• Strength and Balance Exercises - Progressedonto the harder options of the exercises. Abit more difficult but manageable by all.

• Adaptations made for chair bound residents.

• Completed a total of 10 exercise, managingto do the exercises in a more slow andcontrolled movement with more repetitions

• Also managed to hold the exercise for alonger period of time.

• Clients enjoyed session

Student Feedback from

Beechgrove Residential

Home• Bowling & Skittles

• 14 clients present.

• When it was each clients turn theywould get up and walk to middle ofroom to take their shot.

• Everyone really enjoyed this and both teams got behind each other.

• Overall the session went really well and we are looking forward to next week.

Students Feedback from Robert

Douglas Memorial Home (week 7)

7 participants.

Anton did warm up and chair aerobics.

Craig did strength and balance exercises all 10

for 10 repetitions. All but 1 were standing

once again.

Played boccia again to finish up residents

favourite game, alternated throws between

right hand, left hand and eyes closed.

Everything went well.”

Carers feedback

• Carers have noted improvements each week in the residents ability

• Residents are able to rise from their chair better

• Residents look forward to the sessions and lovethe interaction with the students.

Perth & Kinross Care

Homes celebrate the

Ryder Cup 2014

Golf

Challenge

at Go4Gold

2014

Richmond House, Crieff and St.

Dominic's school training together

Pupil v’s

resident

competitions

Parkdale Care

Home with some

of Auchterarder

school pupils.

Ochil Nursing Home and

Oakbank Primary School DVD

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