Decision details

Home Care - Reference from Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Decision made

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report follows consideration by the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny on 6 October 2011 on the changes being made to dementia services in Medway. It will request that the Cabinet commission a survey into the home care provided for dementia patients and whether additional training would be needed to develop particular skills to accommodate a support-at-home service for these patients.

Decisions:

Background:

 

This report requested authority to commission a survey into the home care provided for dementia patients and whether additional training would be needed to develop particular skills to accommodate a support-at-home service for these patients.

 

This recommendation from the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 6 October 2011 followed the committee’s consideration of a report on the changes being made to dementia services in Medway.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

151/2011

The Cabinet approved the commissioning of a survey into home care provided for dementia patients and whether additional training would be needed for agency staff to develop particular skills to accommodate the support-at-home service for these patients.

 

Reasons:

 

By undertaking the survey recommended by the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee, the Council can work with home care providers to:

 

(a)   ensure that they understand the changes being implemented by NHS Medway;

(b)   identify any additional training needs that care workers may require to support people with dementia; and

(c)   assign any necessary funding that may arise from (b) above.

Report author: Rosie Gunstone

Publication date: 02/11/2011

Date of decision: 01/11/2011

Decided at meeting: 01/11/2011 - Cabinet

Effective from: 10/11/2011

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