something they wish to do. Rehabilitation is the process of restoring a skills person’s following a period of illness or injury so that they may regain maximum function and By comparison, the objective of reablement is to help people poor physical “with or mental health to... accommodate their illness, promote independence and support “to do” rather than by learning or re-learning the skills necessary for daily “doing to/for people” living”. In short, reablement helps people to learn or relearn skills necessary for daily living. All 3 of these skills may be needed to improve a recovery after a stay in hospital. person’s In Dumfries and Galloway reablement services are comprised of: The Short Term Assessment and Reablement Service (STARS) which is an Integrated Health and Social Care Partnership The Care and Support Services (CASS) which is the local in-house home authority’s care service and A development which is currently referred to as based within ‘Transitional Care’ CASS. STARS provide an opportunity for short term intensive rehabilitation or reablement. The focus of STARS is to empower people to live at home confidently, doing things for themselves through various means, such as getting up with a feeling of purpose, being able to get washed and dressed safely; not being restricted in access to the wider community due to a fear of falling; preparing nutritious meals, use of telecare and accessing wider opportunities which create a uniquely meaningful life. This is achieved through the effective team, wider partnerships and signposting. If during the time with STARS full independence cannot be achieved and an individual requires longer-term support and care, STARS will ensure effective communication for safe handovers; this would include the representatives/Carers where ‘Care transition’ individual’s appropriate. Although there is Occupational Therapy within STARS it may not be necessary, or appropriate, to be referred to STARS to achieve activities of daily living or feel confident about living independently at home again. It may be that referral to a dedicated Occupational Therapy Service in health or social care is more appropriate, due to the complexity or specialist specific requirements of the situation The referrals to STARS is shown in Table 69 within Chapter 10. 11.8 NHS Dumfries & Galloway workforce trends
something they wish to do. Rehabilitation is the process of restoring a person’s skills following a period of illness or injury so that they may regain maximum function and By comparison, the objective of reablement is to help people “with poor physical or mental health to... accommodate their illness, promote independence and support “to do” rather than “doing to/for people” by learning or re-learning the skills necessary for daily living”. In short, reablement helps people to learn or relearn skills necessary for daily living. All 3 of these skills may be needed to improve a person’s recovery after a stay in hospital. In Dumfries and Galloway reablement services are comprised of: The Short Term Assessment and Reablement Service (STARS) which is an Integrated Health and Social Care Partnership The Care and Support Services (CASS) which is the local authority’s in-house home care service and A development which is currently referred to as ‘Transitional Care’ based within CASS. STARS provide an opportunity for short term intensive rehabilitation or reablement. The focus of STARS is to empower people to live at home confidently, doing things for themselves through various means, such as getting up with a feeling of purpose, being able to get washed and dressed safely; not being restricted in access to the wider community due to a fear of falling; preparing nutritious meals, use of telecare and accessing wider opportunities which create a uniquely meaningful life. This is achieved through the effective team, wider partnerships and signposting. If during the time with STARS full independence cannot be achieved and an individual requires longer-term support and care, STARS will ensure effective communication for safe ‘Care transition’ handovers; this would include the individual’s representatives/Carers where appropriate. Although there is Occupational Therapy within STARS it may not be necessary, or appropriate, to be referred to STARS to achieve activities of daily living or feel confident about living independently at home again. It may be that referral to a dedicated Occupational Therapy Service in health or social care is more appropriate, due to the complexity or specialist specific requirements of the situation The referrals to STARS is shown in Table 69 within Chapter 10. 11.8 NHS Dumfries & Galloway workforce trends
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