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.
Other tools and resources
This toolkit sets out the definition of peer support, evidence for the effectiveness of peer support in supporting people with mental health problems, its underpinning principles, and some models for providing it.
Blog
In this blog, Anya de Iongh describes how her 92 year old grandmother, who subscribes to the 'doctor knows best' school of thought and would not describe herself as having long term conditions, is in fact a role model for self-management support.
Academic / research papers
This is the first review to examine the moderating effect of sex in self-management support interventions. A substantial sample frame of 1887 potentially relevant studies (identified via 116 Cochrane reviews) were screened for eligibility against the inclusion criteria.
Presentations
This resource is a series of slides that were presented at the Health Foundation's 'Making self-management support a reality' event, held in May 2015. The slide sets share the learning from Whittington Health, Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundatiuon Trust on how best to put self-management support into practice.
Academic / research papers
The authors argue that with primary care clinicians in increasingly short supply and overwhelmed by the expanding preventive and long term conditions in their patient populations, new evidence-based models of care are needed to provide self-management support through other members of the care team.
Other tools and resources
In this brief article, Sara Riggare describes how her limited contact with health services (two appointments with her consultant a year) highlights the importance of being able to manage her own health and describes some of the skills and techniques she uses to manage her Parkinson's.
Case studies
This case study describes how Leicester City CCG launched a new care pathway to better support people with a long term condition to manage their health at home, supported by new community-based services.
Other tools and resources
This guide is written for decision makers within councils and their partners (e.g. voluntary and community sector organisations involved in care and support planning) to help them better understand the requirements of the Care Act inrelation to Care and Support Planning for adults and carers. Although it is primarily intended for local authorities, it provides up-to-date knowledge on the process and an important insight into the overlap and integration needed between health and social care.
Discussion papers
During 2013 and 2014, a research group at York, Manchester, Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian Universities conducted a systematic review of the qualitative research relating to men’s experiences of self-management support. in order to identify the key elements that make self-management support appealing and accessible to men with LTCs.
Blog
In this blog Dr David Paynton, who is a practising GP from Sounthampton and National Clinical Lead for the RCGP Centre for Commissioning, describes his own practice's experience of implementing care and support planning using the house of care model. He describes some of the challenges, and the need for not only local but whole system change.