Private Care Sector Workforce Initiative
Reshaping Care for Older People: Re-ablement Workshops
A series of workshops are being held to explore the ‘step by step’ redesign of care at home services to provide a re-ablement service.
The Joint Improvement Team (part of the Scottish Government) is running a series of workshops for local authorities and their partners on care at home services and in particular re-enablement approaches.
The workshops are based on the emerging practice in England and in two Scottish authorities, Edinburgh and Stirling where the JIT has been assisting introduction of the approach. The workshops are geographically based to enable a partnership approach, and to allow local authorities to work with their health, housing and independent, voluntary and private provider colleagues to explore the introduction of this approach and to make connections to housing, intermediate care, and rehabilitation services.
Specifically, the workshops are designed to explore the ‘step by step’ redesign of care at home services to provide a re-ablement service. This will be explored within the context of outcomes practice, and other major themes including anticipatory care, discharge practice, long term condition support, rehabilitation, telehealth and care, and shifting the balance of care.
The dates for forthcoming events are:
24 August and 22 September
Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, East Refrewshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde
28 October, 18 November
North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway
29 September, 27 October
Fife, Stirling, Falkirk, Clackmannanshire, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian
If you wish to know more about these workshops, speak with your own local authority commissioning team. Or speak with the JIT team on 0131 244 4020 or email
Public Consultation
The public engagement phase of the Reshaping Care for Older People Programme is well under way. By the end of July, seven national public engagement events had been held, with a further four still to take place in Perth, Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders and Orkney. At these events, a wide range of opinions and ideas have been put forward about care and support for older people, both now and in the future. We are also assisting at local awareness sessions held by health and social care partnerships, from which further views will be fed into the engagement phase.
Following the final national event at the end of September, the results of the public engagement phase will help to inform the strategic approach to delivering a fair and sustainable care system for Scots in future. Further information is available click here.
