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Supporting Self Management
This Open Badge is awarded to people who gain the skills required to support individuals with information about their long term health conditions. You will learn trusted online sites to refer people to for their health and social care needs. By providing people with access to good quality information you can empower people to make informed health choices. You will be introduced to fictional characters Pat and her husband Bob.
Self management supports and encourages people living with long-term conditions to access information and to develop skills to find out what’s right for their condition and what is right for them.
Imagine you are working with Pat who is 50 and has recently been diagnosed with early onset dementia. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband Bob and since she took voluntary redundancy is feeling increasingly isolated but is anxious about meeting new people. She is wanting to know more about her condition and how it will affect her in the future so she can share this with Bob and her family.
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Visit and explore these websites and answer the questions in the Evidence section.
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- Using NHS Inform search for Dementia and tell us one thing you have learned about Dementia. Scroll down to the Living Well with Dementia section and reflect on why you think it will be helpful for Pat to read this information and what she might learn. (100 words).
- Using the Search for Support website identify one provider in Edinburgh who can help Pat access leisure/social activities for people with dementia. Give us the name and postcode. (Hint: Search for Edinburgh City Council, then filter by type of support and filter by needs).
- Using the ALISS website – tell us what ALISS stands for and two things you would search on the site for.
- Tell us in a few sentences how you will use these websites and other key third sector sites such as Alzheimer Scotland,Diabetes UK or Macmillan Cancer to support people with these conditions.
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The Knowledge Network for health and social care
The Knowledge Network for health and social care is a digital library designed for those working within social care in Scotland. Here you will find high-quality materials like eBooks and eJournals to help inform your research and practice.
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I confirm that I have read, understood and completed all the activities listed in the badge criteria and that each question from the criteria is answered in the evidence I have provided. My evidence has been written or recorded by me and I have not copied it from anywhere or anyone else. I understand that it will take 28 days for you to assess my application and that feedback cannot be provided if my application is unsuccessful.
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