Pilot Schemes

A number of pilot schemes are being developed throughout Denbighshire.  The Task & Finish group have now agreed for 5 pilots from January 2007.

1. Elderly Mental Health Carers Pilot: To reduce carers stress and improve safety for the client.  20 carers and the people they care for have been identified across all Denbighshire.

2. Learning Disability Community Living: Increase independence both day and night for service users, reduce risk to the client (e.g. falls, anxiety), to enable rehabilitation back into community/independent living and to evaluate the need for sleep in’s for future LD projects.  Identified clients currently situated within homes that have 24 hour care in place.

3. Mental Health: Increase independence both day and night for service users.  Reduce risk to the client (e.g. falls, anxiety) to enable rehabilitation back into community/independent living by having a fully equipped step down and to evaluate the need for sleep in’s for future MH projects.  9—11 clients agreed.

4. Expansion of Careline Services: To reduce the risk of falls and falls management providing low level support to enable users to remain in the community, and to increase confidence to the client and reduce carer stress.  Homes to be identified across all Denbighshire.

5. Telehealth: Overall aim of the pilot is to obviate the need for admission to hospital/care, reduce re-admissions, facilitate supported early discharge from hospital, reduce the number of appointments/visits to second and primary care and to improve self management.

These pilots will assist to develop the Telecare/Telehealth Strategy.