CLH Promote Digital Table at Dementia Session
On the 1st November 2018, we attended the 'Dr Sam Davis - The State of Dementia Care - We Can Do Better' event which was held at Exeter Golf & Country Club and organised by the Care Managers Network.
It was a wonderful morning session where Dr Sam shared her findings on international studies and ran through a question and answer session to providers and care workers that are passionate about Dementia.
Dr Sam Davis is a Gerontologist and experienced researcher. In the UK she held fellowships at the University of Aberdeen and Sussex University and was a member of the Centre for Gerontology, Keele University until 1997. In Australia, Sam has held positions with the Centre for Ageing Studies (Flinders University), the Centre for Applied Gerontology at the Northern Health Service in Melbourne and Monash University, and for the past 8 years, Head of Department, Applied Gerontology, Flinders University. She has presented at national and international conferences on rural ageing, person-centred care, enabling environments, dementia care and culture change. Dr Davis has received more than four million dollars in funding over the past six years. Her most recent project was to provide dementia care education and resources to the staff and management of the more than 2700 residential aged care homes across Australia.
Dr Sam Davis provided an interactive and thought provoking presentation about supporting people with dementia in different care settings. Based on international research and her team’s Australian research and practice experiences, she explores language and attitudes, physical environments and approaches to support that impact on the well-being of people with dementia.
John Leary, a director of CLH was given the opportunity of presenting our new and innovative table to the audience and took the opportunity of advising how the RemindMeCare software is also offered with all Care Home Activity Tables. This is an app which is person centered care compliant and family members can interact with loved ones online through this system. They can monitor their loved ones daily schedule, what activities they have been doing and most importantly their mood throughout the weeks/months which is captured in a small survey. This software analyses personal likes, dislikes, specific care details and stores them onto the system.
The newly launched interactive digital table was very well received and we were impressed how positively Dr Sam spoke on the many benefits of the table.
The Award Winning Care Managers Network exists to bring Care Providers together so they can access the most current information, advice and support in reference to Health and Social care. Through the network, managers can get to know one another, get to know their local and regional members of the Care Quality Commission, share advice, hints and tips to improve their service and learn about new initiatives and important information directly from the source.
If you aren't part of the network yet then do consider going along to an event as the sessions are very relaxed with a variety of topics on the agenda and always something new going on.
Interested to know more about how technology can support high quality care? The CQC have a post on their website titled just that and you can read it on the link here.
Next month, we are attending more events where we will be showcasing the interactive digital table - if you are in the area then do come along:
Wednesday 5th December 2018 - Harnessing Digital Technology in Social Care: Quality and Efficiency at the Mitre Passage in Greenwich by Tech For Care.
Thursday 6th December 2018 - DCKM Conference 2018 at the Exeter Racecourse by Devon Care Kitemark.
Friday 7th December 2018 - December 2018 Meeting at The Watermark in Ivybridge by The Outstanding Manager Network.
Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th December 2018 - The Care Industry Forum 2018 at the Chesford Grange Hotel in Warwickshire by DP Business Events.
Alternatively, if you are in the West Midlands, then do visit the WCS Care Innovation Hub where we have one of our interactive digital tables available for viewing within the care setting. CLH are proud to be one of their Partners in innovation and only earlier this week, as part of a visit to NCF members on the 5th November, the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, Caroline Dinenage visited and commented on how inspired she was by the Innovation Hub.
