‘Caring about Health’ published by The Royal Society for Public Health
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has published a report entitled: ‘Caring about Health’.
The report looks at the health outcomes of adults using social care services and how the system can have a more active role in health improvement.
The report includes five recommendations, including one that relates to dementia:
“Direct care worker training should include, dementia training, Oliver McGowan training on learning disability and autism, basic public health and prevention training, first aid, mental health, mobility, and nutrition.”
Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE, President of RSPH, says:
“High-quality social care rooted in public health principles and delivered by a valued, skilled workforce, can actively improve the health and wellbeing of those who use it. Even small changes, such as giving carers the time to have a conversation with the people they support, can make a meaningful difference in tackling loneliness and social isolation.
This report sets out a practical roadmap for change. It draws on the voices of those on the front line – from paid carers to people using services – and offers simple, evidence-based steps that could have a transformative impact. Supporting and valuing the workforce, and designing a system built around the needs of those who rely on it, must be the two pillars of any future social care reform.”
You can read the report here:https://www.rsph.org.uk/our-work/publications/caring-about-health/