Isle of Wight raising standards and Personal Assistant Hospital Discharge Initiatives
Scheme
Who?
Isle of Wight Council
Newport
Isle of Wight
What
Developing the quality and increasing the number of personal assistants (PAs) across the Isle of Wight, establishing a ‘route to market,’ support functions and a defined framework. In addition, providing support to people in hospital – giving individuals a genuine
Why?
- No oversight of PA market numbers, services or hours.
- No safe and established route to market – social workers and individuals – adverts in papers, no approved lists, etc.
When?
Ongoing from January 2018.
How?
- Establish a PA market development team
- establish a clear framework to proactively develop and grow the PA market
- ensure quality is improved and provide a clear route to market.
Challenges
- The Isle of Wight reduced adult social care DTOCs by over 55% in the year ending September 2018 – however, the 2018/2019 target of 2.6 per 100k meant that we needed to dig deeper still
Impact
- Two hundred hours of PA support was provided to facilitate hospital discharge in February 2019.
- Average weekly support provided to PAs = 20 hours per week.
Case study
Mrs JB, 82, was admitted to hospital in November 2018 following a stroke. She was assessed to find out what care and support she would need to enable her to return home once she was considered medically fit.