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Neighbours helping Neighbours
Deborah Dalton, Senior Social Worker
Older People & Physical Disabilities, Antrim South
Why is this important to service users and carers?
Outcome measures
Aim
To increase the number of
personal assistants (PA's) in the
Crumlin area from 10 to 50 by 31
Dec 2020.
What has it achieved?
What are we doing and why?
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Lack of domiciliary care providers in Crumlin area.
Delayed discharges from hospital and recovery beds.
Support to service users and carers to choose who provides
their care - flexibility, choice and control.
Attendance at carer engagement forums and public events
identified that unmet assessed needs leads to:
Risk Management.
Carer / Service user stress.
Service users want choice over who provides their care.
CRUMLIN
• Increase in no. of PA's registered with Centre for
Independent Living from 10 (Apr) to 66 (Aug).
• Immediate resource of PA's.
• Choice, Flexibility and Control for service users and
carers. Res Drop (4) GP Practice
(8) Social Media
34
66
33
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20
Number of Personal Assistants Registered in
Crumlin Area
Values
Median
Goal
Month
Number of Personal
Assistants
4
PDSA CYCLES
10 PA'S
(BASELINE)
LEAFLET DROP
CRUMLIN
RESIDENTIAL
HOMES RISE
TO 14 PA'S
LEAFLET
DROP GP
PRACTICES
CRUMLIN
RISE TO 22
PA'S
LEAFLET ON
TRUST
FACEBOOK &
INTERNET
PAGE RISE TO
60 PA'S
I didn't
know I
could
choose my
own carer
I don't
know
anyone
who
could
care for
me
I have never heard
of direct payments
I am treated like a queen
by my neighbours and am
delighted to be back home
Learning and next steps
Expand to other teams in Community
Care.
Leaflet into all new referrals for
Crumlin area.
Regular social media coverage.
Involve service users and carers.
INCREASE IN
PA'S
Service user &
Carer involvement