Speaker: Douglas Holmes
Started work in May 2006 at St Vincents I became eligible to be in the ‘bad club’, then got a diagnosis bipolar. It takes about 10.8 years for correct diagnosis.
He discusses the fact that when he started in the new role there wasnt a budget for consumer participation. He then discusses different statistics such as 54,500 presentations to emergency, 765 admitted to PECC
He then developed a Participation Framework – St Vincent’s Mental Health Service CANDO. It was a collaborative process with diverse range of opportunities for participation.
Projects:
- mural project
- MH-CoPES
- Star Wards
- Patient Care Committee
- Additional projects listed
He then shows the seclusion rates in St Vincents since 1995 – but notes that some of the data is incorrect because it wasnt recorded correctly. In 2007 seclusion was high – it was obvious they needed to do something about it. In 2008 they had a letter saying they needed to go Smoke Free – going smokefree on 3 November 2008.
Discusses how many of the people in the unit (Caritas) smoked – the majority and also majority had thought about quitting.
He discusses the rate of seclusions at St Vincents dropping – positive.
Star Ward – a program developed in the UK – this has 75 practical ideas for improving the daily experiences and treatement outcomes iin the wards. The results were that patients are more involved with treatment, less violence and happier staff.
Discussion of a recreation budget for the wards – need to ask people what they would like to spend the money on.
Discusses three individual case studies and what’s needed which in part is the consumer wellness plan – over two or three visits recod the plan with the consumer.
Summary: It is always about listening first, then I can help them.
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