Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)’s Post

The Answer is YES At QBH Community Care we strive on trying our best to always working with the needs of the participants. We are often approached by coordinators, Ndis & Aged care participants, and allied health professionals with similar questions so I thought a post might help in answering them. Yes, We can and do help participants in both initial applications to the NDIS and lodging review of their current fundings. Remember a review is only an application, so the more detail and time spent on it, the more easier it is for the NDIS to understand. Yes, We often help out in emergency appointments or respond to cancellations that can leave a participant vulnerable. We are able to do so because of a dedicated team of support workers that understand the importance of their role and the implications if it is not done correctly. Yes, We have a open line 24/7 for anyone who would like to contact QBH and discuss how we can assist them. Yes, We often are required to customise supports for induvial based on there religion, family, or personnel requirements. It is not always about saying yes, but providers need to understand that supports will be best provided when the participant is comfortable and is in a space where they can open up about certain preferences they might have that will make their journey to independence more effective. QBH Team, +61 451 065 595 admin@qbhcommunitycare.com.au

East of England Adult Social Care - Key guiding principles for intermediate care Please find the link to a set of guiding principles for intermediate care that have been developed jointly across the Eastern Region by the Association of Directors of Social Services and NHSE. They guide has been developed as a collaborative process between NHS and Local Authority staff in the Eastern Region with experience in the delivery and commissioning of intermediate care, drawing on best practice and existing guidance and national reviews. We hope you find this a useful resource. Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) NHS England. The web-link can be found here: https://lnkd.in/ed46kaNy

At the Aged & Community Care Providers Association #ACCPANC24 National Conference, we were privileged to hear from Hon. Anne Ruston on the Aged Care Act and its timeframes for implementation. While the Act marks a significant step forward, critical details remain, such as the absence of a clear right to care—a crucial omission that must be addressed. The devil is in the detail and ensuring a comprehensive implementation plan is in place. Alongside this, the workforce crisis looms large, exacerbated by high agency usage and the worsening situation for rural and remote providers. It’s clear: bold action is needed, and time is of the essence. #AgeofExcellence

"_we just need to join up the data_" - in over a decade of work to improve safety for people most likely to experience harm, I have so often heard this phrase. Sometimes after it's too late. But for so many structural reasons - sometimes good ones, sometimes less so - this is not as easy as it might sound. This proposal to link data of #children and #youngpeople presenting at A&E will be an important step in showing how to ethically join data in order to prevent further harm. If you are part of the #Qcommunity or know folks who are - please support this important work with your vote. The Q community @dougalhargreaves Chris Owen @CarolineGadd Rosanna Hardwick Katy Saunders #SupportCYP #MentalHealth #ChildrensHealth #EmergencyCare

Collaboration with who? Real collaboration with community services - from the report “The NHS budget is not being spent where it should be – too great a share is being spent in hospitals, too little in the community, and productivity is too low” Known throughout my 20 years + in community but nothing has ever changed What about learning from others, dare I say it some private providers are already doing this… Drive productivity in hospitals. Acute care providers will need to bring down waiting lists by radically improving their productivity. That means fixing flow through better operational management, capital investment in modern buildings and equipment, and re-engaging and empowering staff. Tilt towards technology. There must be a major tilt towards technology to unlock productivity. In particular, the hundreds of thousands of NHS staff working outside hospitals urgently need the benefits of digital systems. There is enormous potential in AI to transform care and for life sciences breakthroughs to create new treatments. Contribute to the nation’s prosperity. With the NHS budget at £165 billion this year, the health service’s productivity is vital for national prosperity. Moreover, the NHS must rebuild its capacity to get more people off waiting lists and back into work. At the same time, it should better support British biopharmaceutical companies. Reform to make the structure deliver. While a top-down reorganisation of NHS England and integrated care boards is neither necessary nor desirable, there is more work to be done to clarify roles and accountabilities, ensure the right balance of management resources in different parts of the structure, and strengthen key processes such as capital approvals. Change will only be successful if the NHS can recover its capacity to deliver plans and strategies as well as to make them. And what about Social Care, both reforms need to be done in tandem And let’s include the voice of the patients . Patient engagement. The patient voice is not loud enough The NHS should aspire to deliver high quality care for all, all of the time. That not only means care that is safe and effective but that treats people with dignity, compassion and respect, making their experiences as positive as they can be. Yet patient satisfaction with services has declined and the number of complaints has increased, while patients are less empowered to make choices about their care. A familiar theme in inquiries into care failings has been patients’ concerns not being heard or acted upon. The NHS is paying out record sums in compensation payments for care failures, which now amount to nearly £3 billion or 1.7 per cent of the entire NHS budget. I believe the time has come for less talk and more action - let’s see these recommendations being implemented

☘ Safeguarding Policies in Humanitarian Healthcare Delivery ☘ DNPs can champion safeguarding policies that protect vulnerable populations from abuse, exploitation, and neglect within healthcare settings. This includes developing clear protocols for identifying, reporting, and addressing safeguarding concerns, as well as training healthcare staff on recognizing safeguarding issues. Impact: Safeguarding guidelines ensure that healthcare environments are secure, trustworthy, and respectful for all patients, particularly those who may already be at high risk due to displacement or socioeconomic instability. Cynthia Plonien DNP, RN, CENP Jakki Opollo PhD, RN, MSN, MPH, NEA-BC The University of Texas at Arlington #DNPProject #HumanitarianHealthcare #GenderSensitiveCare #Safeguarding #TraumaInformedCare #NursingLeadership #WaSH #GlobalHealth #HealthcareEquity #DNPStudent

Join us for a screening of the award-winning documentary, “Honorable but Broken”, on Wednesday, April 17, 6:00 PM ET, with a panel discussion to follow. “Honorable but Broken” is a gritty tribute to the EMS professionals who come to our aid in our worst moments. Although they respond to all medical emergencies and provide a myriad of other transport services, from nursing homes to hospitals, for example, EMS are only reimbursed if they transport patients to a hospital. They are underpaid, underappreciated and largely non-unionized. Coupled with tremendous physical and psychological trauma inherent to the job, poverty wages have triggered a crippling workforce shortage. This, in turn, affects treatment and could have life or death consequences for patients. “Honorable but Broken” has won several film festival awards, was screened in Congress in November 2023 and is being used as an advocacy tool for EMS agencies and organizations across the country seeking to educate their state legislators. LEARN MORE: https://ow.ly/RNPI50Rfb08 #HonorableButBroken #EMSDocumentary #FilmScreening #EMSProfessionals #HealthcareHeroes #PanelDiscussion #DocumentaryFilm #Advocacy #PublicHealth #AwardWinning

👉🏼 3 things to do to stand up for care providers re the ENICS changes... 2️⃣ Sign the letter #ProvidersUnite ✅ https://lnkd.in/eUj4zppZ 📣 make your voice heard #socialcare #ProvidersUnite #nationalinsurance

TNG is fighting against the province's rash decision to close consumption sites, well done, don't back down...here's a few reasons why safe consumption is so important: Preliminary data from Toronto Public Health shows the extent of the crisis: in 2023, 523 people died from opioid toxicity in Toronto, a staggering 74% increase from 2019. A recent policy paper from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario showed that overdose deaths declined by 42% since the introduction of SCS. There have been zero overdose deaths at KMOPS since its inception in 2018, despite the fact that it has been in continuous operation.

  The Brotherhood of St. Laurence (BSL) welcomes the recent passage of the Aged Care Act into law. Much needed and long-awaited, the Aged Care Act will assist in redressing some of the critical issues raised in the Aged Care Royal Commission. These changes will help to strengthen quality standards, simplify the assessment process and remove some barriers to care when assessing complex cases. But more importantly, it places older people and their rights at the centre of aged care. BSL remains concerned though for those most vulnerable who simply fall through the cracks. We remain committed to working with older people facing disadvantage and would like to see the extension of the Federal Government’s Care Finder Program to include hands-on intensive support, which is currently lacking. Our Critical Interim Support pilot program is one answer to this need. It was established in 2020 to provide immediate case management services to Melbourne's vulnerable and socially isolated older people. Since then, we have supported over 370 people. The support provided by interim case management is more than systems navigation; it involves building trusting relationships and prioritising access to multiple support services. We look forward to sharing an upcoming evaluation report on this piloted program. It will demonstrate how the program has supported those who would otherwise fall through the cracks.