Finnish Older Care – ‘Let People Loose’
February 26, 2009
“Regulation stifles the heart and soul.” The words of our host hit home as we completed a two day trip to review the delivery of older care services in Finland. Our host was the Director of Health and Social Services for Espoo.
Espoo with a population of 230,000 since 1993 has had a combined health and social services department employing some 13,000 staff and is one of several local authority regions in Finland that borders the capital Helsinki. Similar to England the local government department is responsible for the purchasing and providing of services, including a universal free nursery provision, and a refreshing older care system that does not distinguish between nursing and social care both in terms of funding criteria and need. Throughout the visit at no time where we aware of any divisions in health and social care, indeed the reality of shared information through computerised care plans for all professionals to use through a reliable IT system was evident to see.
NATIONAL CARE FORUM – ANNUAL CONFERENCE 26TH MARCH 2009 INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS – PALL MALL – LONDON
February 25, 2009
Both Mark and Mike will be leading a workshop for Chief Executives and Directors of national adult provider agencies involved with the delivery of older care services.
The workshop will focus on the roll out of personalisation and reablement in the public sector; enabling an active discussion regarding both the vision and planning required to facilitate national charities and provider agencies response to possibly the most radical changes underway in the social care sector for the past 30 years.
Both Mark and Mike will be able to share their direct experience of delivering both the personalisation and reablement agendas and help advise senior managers on how to tailor their businesses to this massive agenda changes.