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Improving end of life care in 天涯社区s nursing homes
Published: 21/05/2015
天涯社区 has been working in partnership with Betsi Cadwaladr
University Health Board to support local Nursing Homes and their staff, in
their work providing end of life care for residents.
The Six Steps to Success Programme is a palliative and end of life nursing
programme that aims to prevent the need for residents to be moved from a
Nursing Home, with staff who know them, into a hospital setting, which can be a
long way away from families and friends It enables residents to remain in
their preferred place of care with staff who have been trained to meet their
individual needs and wishes.
The first group of nurses who recently completed the intense six months
training celebrated their success at an awards presentation held recently at
the Beaufort Park Hotel near Mold.
Councillor Andy Dunbobbin, Vice Chairman of the Councils Social and Health
Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee, presented the certificates to each nurse
and representatives from those Nursing Homes who have also gained the
accreditation.
Councillor Dunbobbin said:
I was pleased to be asked to get involved with this important initiative to
support local nursing staff in accessing the training they need in this
specialist area of practice. I hope that it will mean more families in
天涯社区 will be able to spend quality time together with their loved ones,
supported by staff who know them well.
Councillor Christine Jones, Cabinet Member for Social Services, said:
I am very proud of this scheme. The 天涯社区 programme is a partnership
between the Councils Social Services team and the Macmillan end of life team
at BCUHB. It was led by Theresa Richardson, Macmillan End of life Care
Facilitator for North Wales, and co-ordinated by Sarah Dickinson, who is a
nurse at Holywell Community Hospital. All the Nursing Homes in 天涯社区 were
invited to join the programme. So far six have been accredited, along with
twelve nurses. My congratulations go to all those nurses who worked so hard to
complete their training.
The success of this initial programme in 天涯社区 has encouraged Social
Services and BCUHB to develop a similar project to support and educate all
Residential Care Homes in 天涯社区. Social Services will be leading this new
initiative and, so far, eleven Residential Homes and over 20 staff have
registered an interest in taking part in the new programme, which will be
running until the Autumn.
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Pictured are the nurses who received their certificates this week, with Cllr
Andy Dunbobbin.