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Project title Connect in Care
Funding details The Network was funded for 3 years by NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, NHS Education Scotland, in partnership with the Care Commission.
Research team Alison Forbes, Esther Walker,
Heather Wilkinson, Alex McCauley
Dates February 2007 - February 2010
Type of project Completed knowledge exchange project
Keywords Older people, health services
Project description A network for staff involved in caring for older people wherever
that care takes place.


Older people are cared for in a huge variety of care settings (hospital wards, care homes, day hospitals, out-patient clinics, in their own home etc). The purpose of Connect in Care was to support learning and practice development across all settings in order to improve the quality and experience of care for older people in Scotland.Connect in Care provided a place where staff and students could:

• find out what’s going on locally and nationally (in terms of available   resources, good practice)
• share knowledge, problems and solutions
• highlight opportunities for joined-up care
• understand better each other’s roles and work environments
• access creative learning resources to help promote the values
  of relationship-based care
Publications/
dissemination

The following toolkit comes with a cd-rom. If you wish to order a printed copy complete with CD-ROM please contact  h.wilkinson@ed.ac.uk

for pdf example only:

"Let's talk about it" - Using stories to improve care
for older people: a practical guide

Contact h.wilkinson@ed.ac.uk