Lived Experience Advisory Directory - LEAD’s Post

In the course of my work, I often hear consumers ask why is it so hard for clinicians and health services to act like they care? After all, they’re caring professions in a caring industry - right? Maybe. But not if they aren’t supported to be. Health system targets that focus on speed, volume of activity, risk aversion are not conducive to building relationships and connections. They aren’t systems that embody value for relationships and connections. Heath systems that hand such targets and measures down to frontline clinical staff and middle tier management, hand down a level of performance pressure that is brilliant for creating stress, disempowerment, burnout, and frustration, but not remotely brilliant for fostering permission to pause, take a few moments and connect with a patient. I imagine the contrary infact. I imagine it makes a patient and their family’s need to talk and understand, seem like a pain in the neck. Not always, not for all, but, I imagine definitely for some. I wonder too how professional boundaries, privacy policies, risk aversion, can do anything other than imply it is better to keep consumers and their families slightly at arm’s length. I know as a peer worker, privacy was often the reason cited for not including family and loved ones in decision making. Seems to me that for human centred care to flourish, human centred care has to be modelled by all spheres and tiers of the organisation. From recruitment to leadership, policy to performance. By genuinely caring about, and listening to STAFF experience. By reading the signals that attrition rates, and impossible-to-fill position vacancies tell us. Human centred care cannot exist on a foundation that fuels fear and stress; that values the transactional over the relational. It just can’t. I’m really interested in Trauma Informed Care. I’m a total novice in that space but have read enough to understand that health care systems can resolve or exacerbate trauma related issues. “Trying to implement trauma-specific clinical practices without first implementing trauma-informed culture change is like throwing seeds on dry land”, said Sandra Bloom MD. Seems to me it is the exact same with human-centred care isn’t it? Or am I missing something?

✨Operationalizing the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to build and support the lived experience workforce in direct health service provision✨ ⭐ Findings of the study show that - 🔘Essential components underpinning the successful integration of LEX roles included: 💡The capacity to engage in a co-creation process with individuals with LEX before the implementation of the role or intervention 🔘And enhanced representation of LEX across organizational structures. Find the full study here👇 https://lnkd.in/epnd3B8W 📔Studies ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ 🔥#LivedExperience #Leadership #MentalHealth #Workplace #Peer #CoProduction 🔔 Follow the Lived Experience Advisory Directory's daily updates here👇 https://lnkd.in/e2M-hu5P 💡The Lived Experience Advisory Directory. Connecting the Lived and Living Experience workforce with opportunity, knowledge and support. 💬 Info@livedexperienceleaders.com 🌱https://lnkd.in/gdXun4D4 ☕Interested in working with LEAD for Consultancy, Lived Experience Supervision or our other services? Let's have a virtual coffee. Head to our profile and click the link to find a time.

Exciting news! I'm pleased to share that our article, "Operationalizing the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research for People with Lived Experience Workers: A Scoping Review and Co-Creation Process," has been published. The article addresses the crucial role of people with lived experience (LEX) workers in integrated health services and the need to improve their engagement and support within the system. We developed a framework to guide health services in building and strengthening their LEX workforce. Key findings highlight the importance of engaging LEX individuals in a co-creation process before implementing roles or interventions, as well as the need for enhanced representation of LEX across organizational structures. We are grateful to the LEX workers who contributed their expertise to this research, ensuring that their voices are central to the framework's development. Moving forward, we aim to further operationalize the CFIR-LEX in local contexts and explore its ongoing application in health settings. Read the full article https://lnkd.in/ggUHK84h. #HealthServices #ImplementationResearch #LivedExperienceWorkers #CFIR Myfanwy Maple Sarah Wayland Shae Karger Katie McGill

Understanding the Challenges of Health and Social Care Agencies: Insights from My Research By Dr Brighton Chireka Have you ever wondered what challenges health and social care agencies face behind the scenes? Driven by curiosity and a desire to improve the industry, I embarked on a journey to uncover these challenges by interviewing 20 employers in the sector. This research provides a unique perspective from the employers’ standpoint, shedding light on the complexities and hurdles they encounter daily. Stay tuned for the next phase, where I will delve into the experiences of healthcare assistants themselves. Read on to discover my intriguing findings and the insights gained from these in-depth conversations. https://lnkd.in/e39dbJ_f

Top 5 Benefits of Clinical Supervision - check out our latest blog post to find out what they are! https://lnkd.in/gtYwESb2 #clinicalsupervision #clinicalsocialwork #clinicalsupervisor

Even though relationships among healthcare professionals are critical, building them is a huge challenge for many leaders and managers. In this post, I'll describe nine reasons to prioritize it, four challenges you might face, and one relatively simple solution. https://lnkd.in/e7QP6m-F Ellen Schnur, CSP, DTM #healthcare #relationshiptips #teamwork #nurseleaders #healthcareleaders

As much as I love to speak about the frustrations in health care or my current position, it is just as important to highlight positive outcomes as well. So today I wanted to share the following with you: I had a breakthrough with a patient on my caseload. By delving deeper into her needs, I discovered that she requires long-term housing support, something she hadn't previously expressed. Using my limited motivational interviewing skills (I need to search for MI training from a certified and reputable source), I uncovered the gaps in our support system and identified the root cause of her sporadic engagement. This experience reinforced the importance of thorough patient understanding and highlighted areas for improvement in my role as an LCM. After an open and honest conversation, the patient and I developed a plan that resonated with her. I'm confident that our next follow-up in 2 weeks will be more productive, paving the way for enhanced support and service delivery. #PatientCare #Healthcare #SupportServices #CaseManagement #PatientCenteredCare #CareGaps #HealthAdvocacy #MotivationalInterviewing #PatientEngagement #PositiveOutcomes

I finished a year working in healthcare (yayy 😊 ) at different positions in a country, I moved a year and a few months ago. Here are my 2 cents: Healthcare's foundation is adaptability and flexibility. I am not sure if I have been ignorant or just lucky enough not to have realized that the international workforce is not accepted. Period. I see the eminent struggles of healthcare workers to emphasize how unhappy they are when demanded to be inclusive and accepting of these exceptional international professionals who have different countries' credentials. I then wonder, is that what is detrimental to the system's slow but evident breakdown, the arrogance, reluctance to share knowledge, inability to adapt and ultimately break, because we were too stubborn to realize the common goal? Then comes the bliss in my ignorance. I have been hearing constant experiences from fellow mates and their horrid stories, and I am always wondering why I have never experienced it firsthand (not that I wish to). And I may have the answer. I just could not care. I was too busy understanding the next course of action in brainstorming sessions when a coworker in the room would simultaneously decide to make a comment with an undertone of condescension and racism. I prioritized why this was my chosen field of study. I have been ignorant in certain aspects, and I guess that has worked for me. Of course, I understand this could not be the case everywhere. This also cannot be the answer to the problem. But again, 2 cents is too cheap for a solution right now. Cheers to a year 🍻 -Shaam.

Please take a moment to read my post on the IHA Health Literacy Solution Center Blog. In my post, I discuss the issue of health provider burnout and the negative impact of low health literacy. Building resilient, health-literate organizations is a bold strategy to help manage this problem. https://lnkd.in/gJtn2bXM