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.
Communities of Practice
Resource was added by: Laura Elliot
A report by National Voices - Wellbeing Our Way on their Communities of Practice project
Fostering meaningful engagement
Resource was added by: Bec Hanley
This publication by the Participation Agency looks at how people in the not-for-profit and public sector define and use involvement in this work.
Carer participation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Resource was added by: Bec Hanley
Working together: carer participation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is published by SCIE. It aims to identify what is happening in the social care sector with the involvement of carers and the impact their participation has had. Whilst it's quite old (2008) it is still felt to be useful.