The Care Home Team
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We provide support to staff that work in nursing and residential care homes. We help staff build on the expertise that they already have. Our aim is to improve the health and well-being of older people. Find out about.....
Who works in the team?
Our team has
- general nurses
- psychiatric nurses
- a speech and language therapist
- a pharmacist.
We’ve a lot of experience of working in the community, in hospitals and caring for older people.
Our role
- Develop knowledge and skills of staff in caring for people with chronic heart and chest problems, diabetics and palliative care.
- Support good communication between services in the community, hospitals and care homes.
- Improve understanding of mental health issues.
- Provide guidelines on minor illnesses and conditions. The guidelines are written by a specialist team and highlight current best practice.
- Raising awareness of staff and residents about the causes of falls and how the risks can be reduced.
- Find out what training is needed, and organise training for staff.
Who do we work with?
We work with,
- specialist nurses
- district nurses
- community geriatricians
- Sheffield care homes best practice group
- falls prevention pathway group
- continence liaison
- specialist palliative care services
- general practitioners
- the Council’s neighbourhoods and community care services
- Sheffield hospitals
- active Sheffield
- emergency care practitioner
Contact us
For more information please contact us on (0114) 226 4332 or fax (0114) 226 4340, or
Care Home Support Team
89 Green Lane
Ecclesfield
Sheffield S35 9WY
Equipment consultation
You may be aware that we recently asked care home managers about what equipment they needed - this survey finished 16 May. We had responses from 33 care homes and we'd like to thank everyone who returned a survey.
The results have been put together and are available at the bottom of this page.
The findings from the survey will be discussed by health and social care commissioners, SCELS and other service managers to see how future needs can be met.
Downloads
Sheffield care homes newsletter, September 2007, issue 5. (1.06 MB)
Sheffield care homes newsletter, December 2007, issue 6. (820 KB)
This gives details of the training courses available for care homes staff between April and July 2008. (224 KB)
This gives detail of venepuncture training courses for care home staff. (46.6 KB)
This is the Sheffield care homes newsletter March 2008 (155 KB)
Download this spreadsheet to see the results of the equipment loan survey which finished in May 2008. (40 KB)
This is the Sheffield Care Homes Newsletter June 2008. (357 KB)
This is a word version of the Sheffield Care Homes newsletter June 2008. (1.50 MB)
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