dementia carers in east sussex anita brett-everest, resource officer, carers breaks engagement team...
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Carers Breaks Engagement Team Work with an individual to identify services/activities in the community &/or Personal Assistants Provides carer with a regular break Primary care referrals can be accepted for self funders and patients who have declined a formal social care/carers assessment Refer via HSCC (see next slide)TRANSCRIPT
Dementia Carers in East Sussex
Anita Brett-Everest, Resource Officer, Carers Breaks Engagement Team
Tamsin Peart, Strategic Commissioning Manager – Carers
Adult Social Care
Carers Breaks Engagement Team
• ASC Team who engage directly with people with dementia and their carers
• Flexible short term interventions• Carers’ assessments • Ensure appropriate referrals within ASC
and to other organisations and feedback to primary care referrers.
Carers Breaks Engagement Team
• Work with an individual to identify services/activities in the community &/or Personal Assistants
• Provides carer with a regular break• Primary care referrals can be accepted for self
funders and patients who have declined a formal social care/carers assessment
• Refer via HSCC (see next slide)
HSCC (Health & Social Care Connect) Formerly known as ICAP - Integrated Community Access Point• Health and Social Care Connect manages access and referral routes to
Adult Community Health and Social Care Services. It is jointly delivered by ESCC Adult Social Care and East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT)
• It is the conduit for health and social care professionals to access a range of Adult Community Health and Social Care Services including: Joint Community Rehabilitation, District Nursing and Intermediate Care Beds.
• Health and Social Care Connect operates 7 days a week, from 8am to 10pm, including bank holidays.
• If you need to make a referral please do this by completing a BICA and email to [email protected] or phone 0300 678 0010
• If you are making a referral for JCR you can refer using a copy of your up to date support plan
• Health and Social Care Connect will then pass the referrals and any relevant supporting information on to the required community service
Carers Breaks Engagement Team
• Possible interventions include: Set up urgent care packages Home visits Accompanying patient to GP or other health
appointment including Memory Assessment Assistance with managing medication Support to maintain caring role
Bexhill Pilot• Dedicated resource for Federation of
Bexhill practices known as Integrated Community Care (ICC)
• Patients with dementia• Carers• Single & short term interventions• Direct liaison with the practices, attending
MDTs, visiting practices weekly
EHS and H&R Dementia Support Workers• 4 dedicated support workers to respond to
patients with dementia identified through primary care to:
Access services and community activities; Identify needs of carer Support patients to return home from respite Identify appropriate residential care Medication compliance Access to assistive technologies
Support for carers from Adult Social Care
•Carers Assessments & Personal Budgets•CRESS – emergency respite•East Sussex Carers Card - discounts •Flexi TeleChecks
Respite for Healthcare Appointments & Training• Extra help or funding to look after cared for
person, so carers can take care of their own health or attend training relating to caring role.
• No charge for this service• Access: through existing homecare
provider or funds held by Care for the Carers
• T: 01323 738390 • E: [email protected] • W: www.cftc.org.uk
Alzheimer’s Society• Singing for the Brain• Dementia Adviser Service • Support Service for carers• Befriending of people with dementia• Helpline• Carer Information & Support Programme
(CrISP)• Seehaven for under 65s• T: 01424 773687 E: [email protected]
Association of Carers
Respite and BefriendingRespite for Healthcare appointmentsTelephone counsellingComputer Help at HomeSupport to identify appropriate residential respite/long term care•T: 0300 330 9498 E: [email protected] •W: http://www.associationofcarers.org.uk
British Red Cross
• Free, short-term, practical and emotional support to carers to allow them to have a short break from their caring role or to support them in times of crisis. T: 0800 028 0831
• E: [email protected]• W: www.redcross.org.uk
Care for the CarersInformation and advice Practical and emotional supportCounsellingHelp to access other servicesOpportunities to meet other carers and build
support networksCarers CardSocial Isolation Pilot “Care to Chat”
• T: 01323 738390 • E: [email protected] • W: www.cftc.org.uk
East Sussex Young CarersInformation, advice & signposting Chill Clubs1-to-1 support from trained staffYoung Carers AssessmentsYoung Carers Personal BudgetsT: 0300 777 2011E: [email protected]: www.eastsussexyoungcarers.org.uk
Other Support for Carers• East Sussex Drug and Alcohol
Recovery Service (STAR) • T: 0300 30 38 160 (Freephone) W: www.cri.org.uk
• Headway Hurstwood Park • T: 01825 724323 E: [email protected] W: www.headway-hp.org.uk
• Improving Carers’ Experience Project (ICE Project) T: 01273 617100
• E: [email protected] or [email protected] W: www.iceproject.co.uk
• Motor Neurone Disease Association (East Sussex Branch)
• T: 01323 843084 • E: [email protected] W: www.mndassociation.org
Training for Carers
• CrISP (for dementia carers)• Adult Social Care training for
independent sector available to carers East Sussex Learning Portal
• Care for the Carers Toolkit Carers Toolkit
• WRAP• ICE Project
