All of the resources included in our person-centred care resource centre have been reviewed by the Health Foundation. We believe them to be of the highest possible standard but we do not take responsibility for the accuracy of information from third parties.
Video
This brief three and a half minute video features a series of patients, health professionals and others setting out why peer support works in helping people with long term conditions and its benefits. It includes particular reference to diabetes.
Blog
In this blog Dr Hazel McFarlane, Pathways Development Officer at RNIB Scotland, argues that self management is contingent upon a person being able to understand their condition and the management of the condition, but that visually, hearing and joint sensory impaired people face particular barriers to this. The blog sets out some simple approaches to overcoming those barriers.
Tools for managers
Developed with funding from West Midlands SHA, Care Fit for VIPS is a free, safe, easy-to-use online toolkit that gives you everything you need to get started on understanding and implementing person-centred dementia care.
Discussion papers
This report sets out what peer support is, its relationship to person-centred care and the evidence for its benefits. It argues that there is a need for a system wide approach to providing evidence-based, standardized and flexible peer support that improves health and humanizes care.
Video
This two-minute video aimed at patients briefly sets out what self-management means from a patient perspective.
Academic / research papers
This rapid review summarises evidence on: what health coaching is; its impact on people's attitudes, behaviour, health status and service utilisation; the groups most likely to benefit from coaching; and how to recruit and train health coaches. It provides an excellent introduction to health coaching for anyone with an interest in introducing it locally.
Other tools and resources
This comprehensive manual contains all the materials needed to run a training programme for people with diabetes to enable them to become peer leaders.
Blog
In this blog Dr Hazel McFarlane, Pathways Development Officer at RNIB Scotland, argues that self management is contingent upon a person being able to understand their condition and the management of the condition, but that visually, hearing and joint sensory impaired people face particular barriers to this. The blog sets out some simple approaches to overcoming those barriers.
Other tools and resources
The Personalised care and support planning handbook is aimed at commissioners and care practitioners(i.e. not just health and care professionals, but also othe rnon-clinical and volunteer roles), and is intended to set out what personalised care and support planning is, and how to deliver it.
Academic / research papers
Published in the NIHR Journals Library and featuring research commissioned by HS&DR, this study involved a rapid, systematic overview of the evidence on self-management support in people with 14 diverse, exemplar long term conditions. It is the most comprehensive, systematic study of the area to date.