A Community-led Approach to Care at Home in Rural Scotland
"This is a unique opportunity to lead Scotland into a new era care model benefitting rural communities and hospital services alike.”
Rural and remote communities in Scotland continue to struggle to access care at home and other vital social care services, particularly for older and vulnerable people.
To help address this significant challenge, SKS Scotland CIC have been working together with the communities of Rannoch, and Dunkeld and Birnam over the past two years, to co-create and establish a community-led approach to the provision of social care services in these rural, remote areas of North Perthshire.
This community collaboration has led to the creation of a new charity, Heartland Cares, which is now operational and will provide care at home, befriending, hospital transport and other services across these communities. Support for the work to develop this approach was provided by Perth and Kinross CLLD Fund, and the initial infrastructure set up and operational costs are being funded by Perth and Kinross HSCP and NHS Tayside Charitable Foundation.
SKS has now produced a case study brochure, which can be found listed below, which summarises the journey that they have been on with these communities to develop this new approach and the key outcomes that are anticipated in relation to health and wellbeing, the local economy, community wealth building and resilience, and public sector sustainability.
It is hoped that this model can be expanded to include other communities in North Perthshire, and to be replicated elsewhere, thereby supporting and empowering more remote and rural communities to create sustainable care at home services to best meet the needs of local people.
For more information on this project or if you would like to discuss this model further, please contact Dr Susan Warren at Susanwarren@sksscotland.co.uk
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