Older People

Person centred thinking and support plans are beginning to be used with older people.

We have worked with older people to describe the person centred thinking skills in the book "Person Centred Thinking with Older People; Practicalities and Possibilities".

Books

Person Centred Thinking with Older People - Minibook.

This book can be ordered on-line from HSA Press or by calling 0161 442 8271.

 

Person Centred Thinking with Older People: Practicalities and Possibilities

by Helen Bowers, Gill Bailey, Helen Sanderson, Lorna Easterbrook and Alison Macadam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Older peope want real choices and the responsibility to choose the best possible lifestyle for them. This book shares how person centred thinking can be used with older people to help achieve this. The powerful stories and examples shared in this book, will influence the way you think and act, whether you are a professional, an older person, family member or policy maker.

 

This book can be ordered on-line from HSA Press or by call 0161 442 8271.

 

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Papers and Articles

Barbara's Story  - Working with older people

Barbara was the first person in her local area to receive direct payments. She has MS and is a trustee of her local user-led organisation. Barbara has been working with others to develop and deliver a way to co-produce support plans.. Barbara's support plan was recently reviewed by a panel, and has since been approved.

To read Barbara's story in full, please click here

 

Sam's Story - Person centred thinking with older people

Getting Started with Individual Service Funds. Sam is 78 and lives in a residential care home supporting older people on the Fylde Coast.

The manager, Sue, went on a person-centred thinking course and decided that things in the care home should and could change. She knew this required a huge shift in culture.

To read this paper in full, please click here

 

Life begins at 60 - Developing a Retirement Planning Process for People Nearing Retirement Age.

Developing a retirement planning process for people nearing retirement age. What do you think about when you consider retirement? Greater freedom? More leisure? Long holidays? Voluntary work? Less money? We typically plan for our retirement, and many people anticipate the day that they retire with pleasure.

To view this paper see the downloads box on the left.

Practicalities and Possibilities - Person Centred Thinking and Planning with Older People.  Press Pack.

Practicalities and Possibilities was an 18 month development programme that was set up by the Older People's Programme, the Centre for Policy on Ageing and Helen Sanderson Associates, with support from the Lloyds TSB Foundation, In Control and Department of Health.  This pack shares the stories and lessons learned from this work.
To view this pack see the downloads box on the left.

Personalisation Through Person Centred Thinking with Older People.
Helen Sanderson, Gill Bailey and Helen Bowers show how working in person-centred ways and adopting person-centred thinking skills and tools can make a real difference to older people's support and their lives.

To view this paper see the downloads box on the left.

 

Co-producing change with older people: How person centred reviews can inform strategic commissioning by Sam Bennett, Helen Sanderson and Gill Bailey.
Working Together for Change (WTfC) is a simple, systematic process using person centred information from reviews and support plans to drive strategic change in commissioning with and for older people. It collates and analyses person-centred information to provide powerful insights into what works and doesn't work in peoples' lives; as well as their aspirations for the future. The Department of Health's Putting People First Programme worked with Helen Sanderson Associates (HSA) and four councils in early 2009 to test and refine this method. The experience has shown the approach to be flexible, transferable and effective. Here we describe the process and why it is important through the story of Dennis, 82, who alone and has carers that support him every day from a domiciliary agency.

Please click here to view this paper

Using Person Centred Thinking to Implement Dementia Care Mapping a paper by Alison Morley, Diane Redburn, Wendy Jennison, Jackie Mascall, Jane Fryer, Helen Sanderson and Gill Bailey.

One size can never fit all. We normally hear that when people talk about clothing, but the same could be said for care and support. While councils are busily adopting tools and processes to personalise services, they must ensure that they way they use those tools makes their services more personal where it really counts - at the point that people experience them. Good quality plans, strategies and reconfigured services are all vitally important, but if someone's immediate carer isn't working in a truly personcentred way, then none of the high level strategies make much difference - at least not to the person on the receiving end.

To view this paper see the downloads box on the left.

A New Reablement Journey, a paper by Jenny Pitts, Helen Sanderson, Amy Webster and Louise Skelhorn.

This paper aims to stimulate discussion and thinking about a different way of offering reablement. It doesn't contradict the current approach, but builds on it, suggesting that we can take reablement to a new level in order to maximise its benefits. This involves re-defining reablement, challenging our thinking about who should be able to benefit from it and for how long; and how much the person is involved in owning and steering the process.

To view this paper, see the downloads box on the left.

 

Podcasts

Gill describes how she used the person centred thinking with Arthur, to enable him to stay living at home. She used a one page profile and a person centred review.

 

Gill describes how Tom was supported to use the person centred thinking tools my history, relationship circles and presence to contribution to make positive changes to his life in a residential care home.

 

Examples and Stories

Please click on the name to read each person's story or example.

This story Includes Carol's relationship circle, her good days and bad days and what is important to and for Carol.

This story Includes information about developing a one page profile and looking at what is working and not working for Frank.

This story discusses the development of Georges plan and how this has changed in terms of the support George receives.

A story that shows the development of a one page profile and learning what matters to Gladys.

Jacks story: learning about Jack and recording this in a one page profile.

Looking at sharing appreciations for Karl and how this has changed Karl's life.

This story looks at learning about what Good Days and Bad Days look like for Marion.

This story looks at how Mr Jones' plan was developed.

One Page Profiles from Older People:

Margaret.

Ken.

Beryl.

Ann.

Doris.

Florrie.

Mary.

May.

Mrs Batir.

Tom.

Vi.

Arthur.

 

Winston's Review.

Hilda's Graphic History.

Arthur's Snap Shot.

Nora's Communication Chart.

Nora's Evening Routine.

Nora's Person Centred Plan.

Nora's - Snap Shot.

Alice's Good Day/Bad Day.

An example of Working/Not Working.

An example of Wishes.

Jane's Medication Care Profile