The Implementation of a Model of Person-Centred Practice In Older ...

The implementation of a model of person-centred practice in older person settings
• There is a need to maximise opportunities to enhance the leadership capability of
all staff.
Theme 4: Directors of Nursing and Managers
• Managers need to be formally introduced to PD processes prior to the
commencement of a programme.
• Develop a ‘contract’ between managers, funders, facilitators and evaluators that
makes explicit roles and responsibilities and support requirements.
Theme 5: Audit and Evaluation of Practice
• Practitioners to be actively engaged in designing and collecting data/evidence at
local levels.
• Observation of care should be an ongoing peer review process in all sites.
• All sites should measure and evaluate their workplace culture and benchmarking
across sites should be encouraged.
• All sites should have formalised action plans based on insider led practice
development priorities.
Theme 6: Older People and Families
• Older people and their families should be considered to be active participants in
all practice development programmes in residential care settings.
• Methods of developing practice should be mainstreamed and integrated into
everyday care processes, and reflective and development processes.
• Ways of informing older people and their families about ongoing advancements
in practice need to be established and evaluation data made public to them
alongside other data sources such as HIQA review findings.
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