"Who Cares" DVD and facilitators' pack
Promoting a Positive Work Culture - Projects
“Who Cares?” DVD is now available...
- The Connect in Care project is finishing and we are temporarily unable to send out DVDs. In April this website will contain information about obtaining the "Who Care's" DVD from NES.
- Click here for information on how the DVD is being used
Click here to see our DVD evaluation so far
Lanarkshire Y1 Project
Frontline staff take responsibility for raising standards of dignity on their wards
The Link Nurses within the Older People’s Directorate, NHS Lanarkshire, identified that a DVD resource would enable them to raise awareness and understanding of the issues around ‘caring with dignity’ with their teams and colleagues. They devised the story and wrote a series of scenes to describe these issues.
Through the DVD, evidence-based practice around dignity can be explored using local examples and understanding of the culture. For example, the Healthcare Commission ‘Caring for Dignity’ (2007) identifies a number of key themes as essential elements for ensuring that older people are cared for in ways that respect their dignity.
These are:
- Involving older people in their care
- Delivering personal care in a way that ensures dignity for the patient
- Having a workforce that is equipped to deliver good quality care
- Strong leadership at all levels
- Supportive ward environment.
Fundamental to all these points is that the staff delivering care understand (and agree) what ‘caring with dignity’ requires of them in terms of the attitudes they display and the way they behave with colleagues and older people (patients and family members) on the ward.
This DVD resource is designed to enable staff at ward level to take ownership of the process by which standards are agreed and maintained.
In short it will:
- raise awareness among staff of the experience of older people as patients
- engage staff as a community in discussions around ‘care with dignity’ and the values base that should underpin such care (and also considering ‘how we do things around here’)
- identify local solutions which will raise - and maintain - standards of care.
- be a useful tool for new staff
The next step is for the link nurses to use this resource and evaluate its impact.
Some Stills from the DVD:
