ASCOT and seldom heard groups (Monday 18th May 2015, 11.00 -12.15)
This webinar started with updates on recent ASCOT developments by Ann-Marie Towers. The first presentation, by James Caiels, focused on how ASCOT can be used with people who live with learning disabilities and in particular the development of an Easy Read version of ASCOT. Nick Smith, the second speaker, considered how we might use ASCOT with older adults who live with dementia, highlighting the mixed methods and qualitative versions of ASCOT and forthcoming work using Talking Mats. This was followed with time for questions and discussion, and the webinar ended with concluding thoughts.
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New versions of ASCOT (Monday 15th June 2015, 11.00 – 12.00)
This webinar focused on new versions of ASCOT that are being developed by the ASCOT team and colleagues. The first presentation, by Ann-Marie Towers, provided an overview of the findings of an NIHR SSCR-funded study exploring the demand for a care home quality measure based on ASCOT.
As well as giving a summary of stakeholders’ views and presenting the draft measure, Ann-Marie outlined our plans to test it with one local authority quality improvement team in the South East of England. Stacey Rand, the second speaker, then provided an overview of the development, application and interpretation of the Adult Social Care Outcome Toolkit for Carers interview (ASCOT-Carer INT4). The ASCOT-Carer INT4 is part of the ASCOT toolkit and is a measure of social care-related quality of life of unpaid carers. This was followed by time for questions and discussion, and the webinar ended with concluding thoughts.
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Using ASCOT in practice (Tuesday 7th July 2015, 11am – 12pm)
This webinar focused on the experiences of and plans to use ASCOT in practice by organisations outside of academia. The speakers ranged from national and local provider organisations to local authorities. The webinar’s programme was as follows:
Evaluating “The Life I Want” Strategy using ASCOT.
The first speaker, Jemma Ennis-Dawson from Positive Futures, a service provider for people with learning disabilities in Northern Ireland, presented on how ASCOT was used to evaluate “The Life I Want” strategy. Jemma outlined why ASCOT was chosen, how the data were collected, what the results showed and how they were used to develop action plans to support their clients.
Community Agents in Essex – the use of ASCOT to support impact measurement.
The second presentation, by Tricia Capes of Essex County Council and Brian Goodwin of Community Agents Essex, covered some basic information about the Community Agent programme and the challenge of demonstrating impact. The presenters outlined the basics of how the use of ASCOT was introduced, how ASCOT was used by Essex Community Agents, what went well and what needed to be developed, including lessons learned and next steps.
Community Integrated Care’s use of ASCOT, Quality of Life Outcomes in our Care and Support Plan Documents.
Julie York and Phil Benson of Community Integrated Care, a service provider for a wide range of users from people with learning disabilities to people with dementia, presented their plans to use ASCOT. They shared the reasons behind why ASCOT was chosen, its planned use in their documentation and the key benefits associated with using ASCOT.
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