National Dignity Council members October update

The National Dignity Council members are actively involved in a number of areas promoting the Dignity Campaign:

Work continues on developing materials as part of the Quality Matters initiative and Jan Burns MBE remains a member of the National and Representatives Organisations Group, as does Frank.

The Council continues to be represented through Jan and Frank on CQC – Co-production meetings, which have considered feedback about the inspection process and subsequently adapted processes that will reflect the importance of quality in the services provided.

You will remember that members of the Council and especially Rekha Elawasparu, have been involved in the HelpCare project hosted by Lancaster University.  That work has been completed and the links below give further detail of the outcomes.

• HelpCare Guidelines (opens new window)
• Helpcare Framework (opens new window)
• Helpcare background (opens new window)
• Helpcare introduction (opens new window)

Other activity by council members:

• Jan will be speaking at the NCF Manager Conference in November
• Jan will be speaking to the Northwest Regional Group about Dignity in Prisons in November
• Rekha spoke at a conference organised by Home Instead Care 
• Liz spoke at a conference in Salford 
• Jane and Liz were involved in the Suffolk Care Awards
• Rekha is involved in the Great British Care Awards
• Jane has been working to develop a funding bid
• Jean is organizing a House of Commons summit on the subject of Continence and Dignity, which will be linked to Dignity Action day 2018 
• Jan is working with My Home Life to help them incorporate Dignity into their new programme
• Jan has made contact with Cath Parson from OPAAL [Older People’s Advocacy Alliance], creating a collaborative working partnership for mutual benefit
• Jan is also working on material for the Aged Care Channel’s next summer programme on Dignity and Personal Care.