Social Care for Stroke
The Stroke Improvement Programme (SIP) Social Care for Stroke webpage promotes the sharing of information and resources for staff working with people with stroke in social care and provides an opportunity to develop national links with others working in the same field.
This page is a new addition to the SIP website and will be developed in conjunction with those who use it. SIP have added some resources, case studies and information which may be useful. The page will evolve and develop with input from those developing services for stroke in social care and if you have something to share we would be pleased to review it for this webpage. Information which might include business cases, job descriptions, policies and protocols, examples of good practice, case studies, and examples of training programmes or new services.
If you would like to contribute to the Social Care for Stroke website, please contact us.
Social Care for Stroke Online Discussion Forum
This restricted forum aims to provide:
- Informal peer support and national networking, particularly to those working in isolation
- Information sharing e.g. stroke survivor information, ways of working, experiences etc
- Discussion and problem solving, fact finding and information gathering from a national group of people working in similar roles.
Who can join the Social Care Stroke Forum?
The forum is aimed at staff employed with the DH stroke social care grant employed by Local Authorities, The Stroke Association or health trusts. It is a restricted forum and only available to those who have registered.
How do I register?
Please click here; to register for the forum.Once you have filled in your application form, your application will be approved by a forum monitor and you will then receive a confirmation email with your log-in details. Please note that confirmation can take a few days to come through.
How does the Social Care Stroke Forum work?
As a member of the forum you can add new topics or post a response to topics to share and discuss issues, experiences and information. You can also subscribe to receive a notification when new responses are added.
Resources
Please click here for Social Care for Stroke resources including documents, case studies, business cases, presentations and bulletins.
Useful links
• Transfer of Care National Project
• Department of Health (DH)
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
• Stroke Care Networks
• The Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
• Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)
• Care Quality Commission (CQC)
• The Stroke Association
• Different Strokes
• Connect
• Crossroads Care
• Collaborative Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC)
• The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• London Stroke Directory