Resource was added by: Leanda Ryan
Positive risk-taking: from rhetoric to reality
Resource was added by: Natalie Swiderska
A discussion paper from Steve Morgan and Nick Andrews for the The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice.
Purpose – For health and social care services to become truly person-centred requires a fundamentally positive mindset from professionals and care workers, and a willingness to take some risks. The purpose of this paper is to explore how this will apply to delivering dementia services, where almost all of the initial impressions are of deficits, disability and disadvantage.
Positive risk taking – Steve Morgan and Nick Andrews
Resource was added by: Natalie Swiderska
Purpose – For health and social care services to become truly person-centred requires a fundamentally positive mindset from professionals and care workers, and a willingness to take some risks. The purpose of this paper is to explore how this will apply to delivering dementia services, where almost all of the initial impressions are of deficits, disability and disadvantage.
Design/methodology/approach – The co-authors combine their knowledge and experience of supporting and developing staff working in dementia services. The concept of positive risk-taking is explored within the legislative framework of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Safeguarding and the Care Act 2014.
Guidance for lay members on contributing to panels
Resource was added by: Natasha Ratcliffe
This document was produced in conjunction with people affected by Parkinson's to address the common challenges to contributing to panels as a lay member.
Dealing with behaviours that we find challenging
Resource was added by: Bec Hanley
We recognise that when you work with a range of people, some will behave in ways that you feel are inappropriate and/or challenging. This paper includes 'top tips' for dealing with these situations.
Action for Blind People – co-production and involvement toolkit
Resource was added by: Bec Hanley
Thanks to Paul Rymer for sharing Action's co-production and involvement toolkit. This is for use by members only.
Whilst this toolkit is updated (Action is now part of RNIB) it is still considered to be useful. Natalie Swiderska is working on an updated version of the toolkit for RNIB and will add this to the website when it is published.
Shelter’s guidelines for collecting user feedback
Resource was added by: Bec Hanley
Shelter has produced guidelines on collecting feedback from service users. This is a really helpful document if you're planning an evaluation or want to think about monitoring.
Evaluating user involvement
Resource was added by: Bec Hanley
This is a 'think piece', produced by the Shared Learning Group, about evaluating service user and carer involvement. It was written some time ago and some of the references are out-of-date, but the content is still useful.