Home care in Ireland Is a rapidly growing service within our communities, with many more opting for this type of service for their personal care as opposed to hospital or nursing home services commonly used in the past. Considering the rapid expansion and demand in this sector it comes with a range of changes, challenges and guidelines being developed annually to ensure optimum service to the end user. CMG Events in Association with myhomecareie.wpengine.com have gathered an expert line up of presenters to address some of the most topical issues in the home care sector including;
- How to meet the requirements of our Ageing Population.
- Are we HIQA prepared?
- How Best to develop relationships between nursing homes & homecare provisions.
- Dementia Supports available to Homecare providers to name just a few.
Opening remarks from Conference Chairperson
Speaker: Dr Mary Rose Day, Midwife & Public Health Nurse, UCC
The role of HIQA in monitoring and regulating health & social care services
Speaker: Vicky Blomfield, Head of Programme, Corporate Projects. HIQA
- The legal framework
- Regulating and monitoring
- Standards and Regulations
- Registration and enforcement
- The inspection process
- Key findings so far
- Getting ready for inspections
Supporting the Continuum of Care – Meeting the Requirement of our Ageing Population
Speaker: Tadhg Daly, CEO, Nursing Homes Ireland
- Ageing Demographic
- Demand for residential care exceeding supply
- Development of ‘continuum of care’
- Role of nursing home sector in complimentary services(homecare / day care / meals on wheels)
- Nursing homes a hub of community services?
Primary Care
- Independent living – care communities
- Cohesive national strategy
- Implications of inaction
The Single Assessment Tool (SAT) – HSE national implementation of a standardised comprehensive care needs assessment for older people
Speakers: Dr Natalie Vereker, Services For Older People, HSE / Linda McDermott-Scales, National Education & Development Manager, Services for Older People, Social Care Division, HSE
- The benefits and requirements for a Single Assessment Tool (SAT) in assessing older persons’ health and social care needs
- The implementation by HSE of SAT to replace current variable care needs assessment practices with a standardised SAT for entry into
- Nursing Home Support Scheme (A Fair Deal), Home Care Package Scheme (HCPs) and thereafter to Home-Help provision.
- The SAT uses an internationally recognised assessment system known as the interRAI™ system. The interRAI™ explained
- The national implementation of SAT to date
Advance Care Directives in the Community
Speaker: Kayla Rumack, Medical Student, University College Cork
- Relevance & Benefits of Advance Care Directives in the Community
- Knowledge, Opinions
- Completion Rates and Factors Influencing Engagement – Ireland and International
- Theory of Planned Behaviour – Can we influence Advance Directive Completion?
- Research & Developments to expect in the future
Case Studies – Early Intervention and Integration of Community & Acute Care
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Weathers, PhD, BSc, PGCTL, RGN, Research Support Officer, Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, University College Cork @St. Finbarr’s Hospital
- Community Assessment of Risk and Treatment Strategies (CARTS) Project – Link between frailty and risk of hospitalisation, institutionalisation, or death/predictors of frailty
- Risk Instrument for Screening in the Community (RISC) and Community Assessment of Risk Instrument (CARI)
- Importance of caregiver network and family support networks
- Training of Public Health Nurses
- Screening currently underway in Cork/Kerry HSE Region and implementation of Intensive Home Care Packages
- Future developments and plans for wide scale implementation
- Geriatric Database Project
- Work to date on the development of a geriatric computerised database for people with cognitive impairment
- Integration of community care and acute care
Dementia Supports available to Homecare providers
Speaker: Dr Dermot Power, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Sciences
- Insights into the level of home care service for users with Dementia in Ireland
- What supports are being developed
- The use of technology to support older patients with dementia in their own homes
Top tips on how to care for common illnesses with our ageing population service users
Speaker: Dr John Doherty, Consultant Physician, Aged Related Health Care (ARHC) unit, Tallaght Hospital
- Alzheimer’s
- Senile patients
- Rapid weight loss
- Diabetes
- Cardio problems
- Malnutrition
Closing remarks from Dr Mary Rose Day
Not included in videos:
Community / Public Health Nursing & Developing relationships between nursing homes & homecare provision
Speaker: Anne Lynott, DPHN, Public Health Nursing Department, Dublin West, Cherry Orchard Hospital
The Future of Home care & staffing In Ireland
Speaker: Cora Murphy, Clinical Director, The Care Team
Family Caregivers and the wider community based supports – vital improvements needed for home care services
Speaker: Andrew McFarlane, CEO and Co-Founder of CareZapp
With special thanks to Sarah Flynn, Events Co-ordinator, CMG Events and The Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire. For further info please contact Sarah on sarah@cmgevents.ie or call 01 293 4764.