Care Professionals

Just Checking Professional is a portable, easy-to-install assessment kit.  It is used for people with dementia or memory problems who lives alone.

Assessment of People with Dementia

It can be difficult to make an assessment of a person with dementia if they live alone. Their account may not be reliable, and information from relatives and neighbours may be based on limited knowledge. It is not unusual for incidents to be exaggerated because people think that "something should be done".

Just Checking provides objective information and builds a more comprehensive picture of a person’s capabilities in their own home. People with dementia may still be holding on to long-ingrained daily routines. The system helps with the scheduling of appropriate care, so that independence is supported and not undermined with unnecessary visits. Practitioners say that it gives the person with dementia a new means to communicate their capabilities and real "voice" in the planning of their care.  

In the UK, the system pays for itself:

• If residential care is postponed for just 2 weeks
• If 1 hour less of home care is needed per week
• If 1 short, daily "checking" visit is not needed

We are in the process of establishing care costs in Australia to provide you with similar costs efficiency comparisons

Used by 60% of Local Authorities in the UK

More than half of all UK social services local authorities are using Just Checking for assessment and care planning. Members of the community care teams install Just Checking themselves - it really is that easy.

Nottinghamshire County Council has moved to a policy of no admission to residential care without a period of assessment using the Just Checking system.

Staffordshire County Council has gradually rolled out Just Checking to all these teams:

• Social Care and Health
• Access, Reablement and Well-being
• Community Mental Health
• Housing Partners

Jim Ellam explains how and why in this LocalGovTV video.

Herefordshire Council and PCT have pioneered a new mental health intermediate care service, resulting in 43% reduction in residential care admissions.

Case Studies

Just Checking is a powerful, cost efficient tool for:

• social care teams to reduce the cost of homecare (case study Mrs Bowler)
• intermediate care teams - 43% reduction in residential care (case study Herefordshire County Council)
• hospital discharge teams (case study Wrexham County Borough)
• postponing residential care (case study Birmingham City Council)
• care planning (Department of Health case study Staffordshire)

Download our case studies booklet here or view our evidence page.

In summary:

• A powerful assessment tool, for planning cost-effective, relevant care
• Self-contained kit, quick and easy to install by your own teams. No installation or set up costs. Helpline service for staff.
• Easy to move between service users. One kit can be used for multiple assessments in a year.
• Charts accessed via the internet; multi-disciplinary teams can all access the charts from wherever they work.
• Provides more opportunities to support people with dementia at home. Helps postpone residential care.

More info - Just Checking Professional

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