Care Homes SE Trust

Due to the challenges within the care home sector, more support is required to ensure the quality of care to residents is of a high standard. In more recent years the challenges this sector has faced in respect of changes in complexity of the residents care needs has required more resources and skilled support. Whilst education and training has been provided the turnover of staff and recruitment issues remain challenging in ensuring that the staff have the right skill set and to ensure continuity of care to residents.

Within the SE Trust area it is anticipated that by 2019 we will see an increase of 32% in people over the age of 65 and an increase in those over 85 to increase by 45%. This aging population coupled with those who have chronic conditions and co morbidities will result in an increase in residents with in Nursing & Residential home sector with a high level of complex needs. Currently within SEHSCT services are commissioned from 40 Nursing homes and 37 residential care and 13 dual registered facilities. In addition residential services are provided through 8 Statutory residential care facilities. These facilities are located across the Trust boundaries and provide services both to the citizens from SEHSCT and also to individuals from other Trusts.

There is dedicated staff supporting and in-reaching to different care environments with Clinical Nurse Facilitators supporting the 53 Nursing Homes. They provide both formal and informal training to these facilities.

They provide dedicated Tissue Viability support. In more recent times they have also been required to undertake
quality audits and offer support and guidance to these facilities to improve. Care homes are therefore an integral and important part of the health and social care system in Northern Ireland
and as such we are dependent on a service that fit for purpose and responsive to the needs of patients.

Meeting the care needs of people who are in majority over 65yrs, those with mental illness, learning disabilities and with palliative and end of life care needs, requires a range of fundamental clinical skills, resilience and leadership.

This ECHO network aims to:
• bring Nursing Home staff together on a monthly basis to receive education on the topics they have prioritised
• Support each other
• Improve skills and collaborative decision making

• Improve quality of care to patients/residents

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