1. Social Care in Partnership (South East) Dignity & Respect in Care ~ Sharing Good Practice Across South East Wales Q. ‘How do you make the best soup?’ A. [i] By finding out what type of soup is wanted [service user, family & carer engagement] [ii] Gathering all the right ingredients to make it happen! [sharing workforce good practice, knowledge and experience]

2. Acknowledgements SCiP (SE) wishes to acknowledge
the following contributions:
The support of the Welsh Assembly Government [WAG] Dignity in Care Steering Group.
The WAG 2010 Dignity in Care Small Grant.
The generosity of the SE Wales care sector stakeholders, who contributed their time and good practice, which have supported the content of this dignity & respect good practice E-book.
Trefn Ltd, for compiling the case studies which were underpinned by the Care Council Code of Practice and the Knowledge Sets for Dementia and End of Life Care.

3. How do you make the best soup?
SE Wales care sector stakeholders contributed their views, knowledge and experience on good practice activities, which show how dignity and respect is embedded in the care services they provide. These good practices have supported improved person-centred care across the region
The content was obtained at the following events held in 2011 by Social Care in Partnership (South East):
Focus groups at employer engagement conference.
‘How do you make the best soup?’ event.

4. SECTION 1 Care setting activities which promote dignity & respect:
Practical care activities
Cultural care activities
Sport & Entertainment care activities
Therapy care activities
Religious care activities

5. PRACTICAL Care Activities which underpin the Care Council Code of Practice and which have proved successful:
Practical
Coffee mornings every fortnight, which consists of baking a cake prior to the event.
Pamper afternoons, foot spas, bucks fizz, fruit dipped in chocolate.
Hairdressing salon
Mobile shop – residents can purchase their own items
Arts and Crafts
Cookery – Pizza making residents choose toppings, roll out dough.
Pottery
Flower arranging.
Salt dough activities
Cartoon drawing
Jigsaws Large and small
Card making
Painting
Going out for tea
Shopping trip
Lunch at the local pub.
Feeding the ducks at the local park

6. PRACTICAL Care Activities which underpin the Care Council Code of Practice and which have proved successful:
Practical [Continued]
Wine Tasting
Pat a Pet
Picture Collage
Non-Cook Cooking
Building a photo album
Life in the care home album
Age Concern activities
Carpentry
Camera Club
Making fat balls for birds
Pottery
Links to the local primary school
Art Classes

7. CULTURAL Care Activities which underpin the Care Council Code of Practice and which have proved successful:
Cultural
Downloading titles of listening books for a lending period of choice for visually impaired residents.
Themed days. Saints days, National days, Famous birthdays (opportunity to dress up).
Story telling
Library choose your own books.
Reminiscence days
Computer facilities
Cooking, baking, washing up, housework
Involving residents in peeling vegetables.
Making seasonal decorations.
Making mosaic tea coasters
Making mosaic tiles from e-bay, plain wooden coasters –its very messy but really good fun
Visits to Art Galleries
Visit to the Theatre
Starting a choir – concerts
‘Around the World’ days ~ pick country and make a day of that country [food/traditional dress]
Recapture the community viewing old photographs

8. SPORT & ENTERTAINMENT Care Activities which underpin the Care Council Code of Practice and which have proved successful:
Sport
Rugby, Football, Grand national, tennis, -snacks and beer
River Rafting in Cardiff
Wii – e.g. Indoor bowls.
Magnetic darts tournament
Skittles
Hoopla
Entertainment
Music / Dance Therapy Using different tools e.g. Chiffon scarves, hoops, balls, coloured batons, hats.
Pop the question quiz, put questions inside balloons, residents pop balloon and read out the question.
Music: Clubbing, Minskys free Millennium centre.
Pub nights, range of drinks, bar snacks, pub sing along CD.
Jokes afternoon
Treasure hunt.
Belly dancing
Karaoke afternoons, evenings
X Factor Karaoke machine.
Bingo
Poetry and afternoon tea.
Fireworks
Block busters
Name that tune
Short homemade movies – ‘This is my life and this is my awareness’
Cinema – watch a film and have ice cream during the interval

9. THERAPY Care Activities which underpin the Care Council Code of Practice and which have proved successful:
Therapy
Alternative Therapy Sessions
One to one sessions
Memory games
Sensory boxes
Chuckling
Yoga
Gardening
Pet therapy (e.g. Owls)
Make up therapy
Nail care therapy
Aromatherapy
Individual walks

10. Religion Church services
RELIGIOUS Care Activities which underpin the Care Council Code of Practice and which have proved successful:
Religion
Church services