LIFE STORY WORK

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LIFE STORY WORK
Life Story Steering Group Trust Board June 2006
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INTRODUCTION

• Background Alices Story
• What is Life Story ?
• Why is it important ?
• Story of Life Story
• Successes
• Needs Challenges
• Opportunities Moving Forward

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ALICES STORY

• Advantages of Life Story for Alice

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WHAT IS LIFE STORY WORK ?

• Life Story work is a process
• It involves looking back on the past and forward
  to future hopes
• It is usually done on a one to one basis
• It does not set out to resolve past problems or
  present ones (Life Review Therapy)
• It does not have to result in a book it can be
  sheet of A4, a timeline, some pictures in a
  scrapbook

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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT ?

• For Client ?
• To feel valued
• To promote self esteem,
• To retain and regain a sense of individuality and
  identity

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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT ?

• For Carer?
• Helps with peace of mind
• Others will have a sense of knowing the person
• Enjoyable to do
• Point of reflection
• Loved one be seen and remembered as a person
• Legacy for others e.g. children , grandchildren

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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT ?

• For Staff
• To know the person better
• To aid communication
• To understand their behaviour (particularly if
  challenging)
• To tailor care to persons needs
• Job satisfaction

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STORY OF LIFE STORY IN OLDHAM

• 2003
• May 23 Ken does Alice's Life Story
• July 2 First meeting of Multi- Agency Group
  (Age Concern, Carers Forum
• Social Services, Pennine Care, PCT)
• Nov-Feb Pilot life story work

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STORY OF LIFE STORY IN OLDHAM

• 2004
• 30 April Stakeholder day
• 11 June Follow up day
• red book Idea
• 11 Oct Feedback and Consultation.
• NB Staff Training need identified

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STORY OF LIFE STORY IN OLDHAM

• 2005
• Jan Pilot project launched
• Funding Oldham MBC
• Pocket Book of Memories
• Training set up carers involved

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WHO INVOLVED ?

• Age Concern
• Pennine Care
• Carers Forum
• OMBC Social Services
• Independent Care Homes
• Home care agencies
• Oldham Primary Care Trust

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SUCCESSES SO FAR

• November 2005 Won a Pride of Oldham Award
• 2006
• 100 plus staff have been trained
• 35 books completed by Age Concern Volunteers
• Terms of Reference and integration into business
  plans
• In Oldhams Older Peoples Mental Health Strategy
  action plan
• In Overview and Scrutiny Plan and support

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SUCCESSES SO FAR

• April 2006 Won 2 NHS Awards
• 1 Getting the Message Across
• 2 Chairman's Award

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NEEDS

• Evidence required for future bids
• Need to evaluate training and impact on clients
• (cost for 1 year 23,000)
• Need Worker to co-ordinate and run steering group
• To identify trainer/money

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CHALLENGES

• Kens health
• Retirement of experienced trainer and main link
  within Pennine Care
• Funding
• Maintaining Health involvement
• Co-ordination

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OPPORTUNITIES

• 5,000 from Carers Grant
• Other funding options (e.g. Comic Relief)
• RD support ?
• Other options ? Discuss

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MOVING FORWARD

• Investigating funding opportunities
• Project worker
• To give everyone needing a service the
  opportunity to complete a life story
• To further develop steering group to include more
  carers and bring in specialist support as
  required
• Continued support of all the partner
  organisations

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THANK YOU

• More information can be found from
• Ken Holt ken.holt_at_virgin.net
• Polly Kaiser pollykaiser_at_f2s.com
• Linda Green linda.green_at_oldham.gov.uk