A Teaching Care Home Pilot

In 2016- 2017 a small group of care home and nursing professionals came together to create and develop the Teaching Care Home pilot. This pilot, above all else, aimed to champion, empower and inspire the sector and create a legacy of learning for future care homes and nursing in the sector.

The pilot is a Department of Health funded programme of work, led by Care England (the leading representative body for independent care services in England). It was conceived after the Care Sector Nursing Taskforce called for a programme of work to respond to some of the most prescient challenges facing the sector. Namely, to empower and embolden the workforce in care home nursing, with a desire to harness and promote care, knowledge and skills development.

The pilot set out to change and challenge prevailing perceptions: recognising that the key to sustainability in the sector is through workforce training and development and through this delivering improved health and care outcomes for residents. It aimed to ensure that people who are training to be the next generation of health and social care professionals, could learn from the experience of the care home sector, and would be better equipped to manage the health complexities and social care needs of an ageing population.

Thanks to the commitment, professionalism, and passion of the people working in care homes that were part of this pilot, we have seen the benefits of the care home as a centre of training and practice development.  Included below are the people without whom this entire pilot and associated reports would not have been possible:

• Prof Deborah Sturdy OBE
• Prof Martin Green OBE
• Dr Theresa Shaw (Foundation of Nursing Studies)
• Kate Sanders (Foundation of Nursing Studies)
• Dr Kirsten Jack (Manchester Metropolitan University)
• Prof Josie Tetley (Manchester Metropolitan University)
• Prof Alison Chambers (Manchester Metropolitan University)
• Sally-Marie Bamford (International Longevity Centre, UK)
• George Holley-Moore (International Longevity Centre, UK)
• Chester Court: Pam Towers, Maureen Atkinson and Janet Percy
• Berwick Grange: Siva Krish, Rachel Oliver and Jaydee Blackett
• Millbrook Lodge: Robin Willmott, Kirsty Hatward and Diana Otero
• Rose Court: Karen Davies, Minu Mathew and Terry Elms
• Lady Sarah Cohen House: Mary Rabbitte, Albert Cayabyab and Jessica Nyirarvdodo

All photos from the event can be viewed here

Downloads

• Booklet One: The pioneering pilot: The vision
• Booklet Two: ‘We dare to care’: Care homes and nursing at the frontline of our response to ageing
• Booklet Three: Hidden and unheard voices from the care home
• Booklet Four: A teaching care home: Impactful, inspiring and informing
• Full Foreword by Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive Care England, DH: Independent Sector Dementia Champion
• Report One: An introduction to the ‘Teaching Care Home’ pilot
• Report Two: Full scoping review from Manchester Metropolitan University
• Report Three: The voices of those who participated in the pilot
• Report Four: Additional outputs from the pilot: tweet chats, vision statement and education and development framework.
• Report Five: Summary impact of ‘Teaching Care Home’ pilot