Care Homes Southern Trust

The Care Home Support Team is a Southern Trust multidisciplinary team comprising of nursing, social work, occupational therapy and administrative staff, which supports the care of older people who are residents of the Trust and in permanent nursing and residential home placements. They work in partnership with staff from the Care Homes who work closely with the RQIA, Integrated Care Teams for Older People, Memory Services, Governance, Integrated Care Partnerships (ICP). The Care Home Support Team also have a role in the provision of education and training programmes for Care Homes and as part of the regional Care Home Transformation project.

The aim of the ECHO network is to support staff through continued education to help reduce a help reduce avoidable unscheduled hospital attendances and admissions and help with understanding off all appropriate pathways for residents.

Through the use of the ECHO model, the Care Home Support Team will be able to engage with additional nursing home staff as staff will be able to attend the sessions within their own workplace and as the sessions will be recorded, staff will be able to access the training at a time suitable to them

Network Lead: Aileen Mulligan