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Agenda and minutes

Venue: The Council Chamber, County Hall, The Rhadyr, Usk, NP15 1GA

Contact: Democratic Services 

Items
No. Item

1.

Declarations of interest

Minutes:

None.

2.

Public Open Forum

3.

Scrutiny of the Care Inspectorate Wales Report on Monmouthshire's Older Adults Inspection pdf icon PDF 58 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The report being brought to the committee presented the findings and proposals for improvement of a joint inspection undertaken by Care Inspectorate Wales and Health Inspectorate Wales Scrutiny on Monmouthshire’s older adult services.  The chair reminded members that the role of the scrutiny committee was to consider whether the service was performing and to offer their comments for inclusion in the Council’s formal response to the report.

 

The Head of Adult Services presented her cover report and advised that the additional supporting documents 1b provided the departments’ response and 1c, the full inspection report.  The chair confirmed that the committee would discuss the appendix 1b in full rather than the full report, because it helpfully highlighted the main findings of the report and the way forward for each recommendation.

 

The Head of Adult Services discussed the report 1b in great detail talking some questions from members through her presentation. She explained that the report was aligned to the Social Services and Well-being Act requirements. She highlighted that overall, the service was satisfied with the findings of the report and felt the inspection was fair and that the service is performing fairly well.  She confirmed that the inspection that was held in May 2019 had been extremely thorough and that case workers had interviewed staff, service users, families, care providers and the prisons to inform the report. She confirmed that the service area officers regularly meet inspectors as a matter of course.

 

Challenge:

 

  • Has telecare improved and is it still relevant with other technologies?

 

Careline equipment has improved and there is the potential for assisted technologies to really assist in the preventative agenda and to help with rural isolation. We are constantly looking at what sort of things would keep people in their homes and their communities.   We believe that technology similar to Alexa may enable people to join a conversion, even if they are housebound, e.g. 6 people who are housebound and want to watch a football match. We would like to see those who are isolated to meet up if there are shared interests, but if they cannot, this is an alternative social interaction.  There is also the potential for intergenerational work where younger people could teach people how to use the technology. New technology such as ‘Armed’ can identify if someone is about to have a fall, for example by identifying that the blood pressure has dropped and can then advise the person to sit down and rest.

 

  • In terms of hospital discharges, is there effective communication between staff and social services, as my personal experience with a family member was not positive - no discussion with the family and no opportunity to have the conversation about needs and home circumstances.

 

We have our own team of staff who go into Nevill hall every day to see and assess our people. We know these people, their families, the services around the person. This type of in-reach, person centred approach where you know the person, their history, their strengths  ...  view the full minutes text for item 3.

4.

Confirmation of Minutes pdf icon PDF 138 KB

Minutes:

Minutes of 20th January 2020 ~ agreed. 

 

5.

Adults Select Committee Forward Work Programme pdf icon PDF 294 KB

Minutes:

The work plan was discussed, members being informed that the date for the workshop with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board will need to be rearranged as a result of the coronavirus and availability of key individuals. The Scrutiny Manager will inform members and advise the new date as soon as possible.

6.

Council and Cabinet Forward Work Planner pdf icon PDF 335 KB

Minutes:

The programme was noted and no requests were made for reports to be brought to the committee.

7.

Next Meeting

Minutes:

Tuesday 21st April 2020 at 10.00am.