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Solva.Care: Coordinated Local Care for Health and Wellbeing

Solva.Care aims to improve health and wellbeing by providing a coordinated, client-centered local service for the ill, isolated, and vulnerable. Services include voluntary service, domiciliary care, and community engagement activities.

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Solva.Care: Coordinated Local Care for Health and Wellbeing

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  1. Solva Care 2017-19Meeting with Welsh Government 11.1.2017 Mollie Roach Sue Denman Bruce Payne Josh Phillips

  2. Preferences in Sources of Care (n=275) Number Choice

  3. What would you use Solva Care for? (n=286) %

  4. The Vision • To improve health and wellbeing by providing a coordinated, high quality, responsive, client centred local service • Centring on the ill, isolated and vulnerable • Achieved by voluntary service and domiciliary care ‘company’ and community engagement activities

  5. Services

  6. Services provided August 2015 – July 2016 1,430 hours

  7. Activities

  8. Other events Music & movement sessions ‘Still Alice’ screening French lessons Bread baking with Paul Sartori Volunteer meet ups

  9. Successes • 95% think Solva Care is very good or good • 86% would use service again, 14% would consider • Strong governance arrangements • Strong RM&E incl independent evaluation • Well developed communication • Good partnerships and working arrangements with hospitals and local surgery • Well networked in Wales and UK

  10. Factors that helped • Being totally in line with Welsh Government policies • Advisory support in early stages • Grants • Drive and commitment of Solva Community Council • Local interest and commitment of volunteers • Endorsement and use by other services • Links with other communities

  11. Factors that hindered • Lack of solutions to address blocks in setting up community run domiciliary care • Grants – too small, over bureaucratic, inflexible and late being awarded • Implementation of policies by statutory services too slow • Barriers to existing service providers collaborating with small community initiatives • Lack of understanding among significant others of challenges • No place on strategic forums

  12. Next Steps • Coordinate paid carer and volunteer activities • Develop preventative approach and extend more widely • Recommend local tradesmen • Recruit young volunteers • Further develop communication • Mainstream Solva Care and make sustainable • Continue with RME • Strengthen partnerships • Strengthen the Team

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