Today we hope to see social media awash with green as our supporters and providers share their participation and support for VIVALDI Social Care.
This study aims to reduce infections and improve lives.
We now have care homes registered across all ICBs.
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Chris Day
Director of Engagement
Rob Hargreaves
Information Service Manager
Katie Thorn
Project Lead
Diane & Kate
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The Vivaldi Social Care project shows what can be achieved when people who live and work in care homes partner with researchers and policymakers to drive positive change in Adult Social Care. We are really excited about the potential of this project to improve the lives of residents. We are also grateful to the residents in participating care homes and to all the care providers that have signed up to take part.
VIVALDI Social Care – Research led by social care for social care - The Outstanding Society is proud to lead on the onboarding of care homes, training, and the adult social care engagement collective co-production at its best! We're dedicated to reducing infections and improving lives in adult social care. Heartfelt thanks to everyone contributing to the success of this project: residents, relatives, providers, and colleagues across health and social care.
The NIHR Nursing and Midwifery Office wholeheartedly supports Vivaldi Social Care and recognises the value of research being conducted in the social care sector with the sector and for the sector. Such initiatives pave the way for other studies by developing research skills and confidence in a sector that is all too often overlooked in terms of building research capacity and capability. Ultimately, research provides opportunities to develop the evidence base, inform and demonstrate best practice, improve standards of care, and inform new ways of working. This in turn can improve the quality of life and experience of care for those delivering and receiving services which remains the ultimate ambition for us all.”
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) remains committed to enhancing surveillance and research capabilities within care homes. We are pleased to continue our support for the Vivaldi Social Care pilot. “The data generated by the pilot will improve our understanding of infections such as RSV, flu, norovirus, and urinary tract infections in care homes and similar settings beyond COVID-19 and play an important role in shaping important policy areas and priorities as the study progresses.” “It is great to see so many providers already onboarded and we encourage more providers to join.
Skills for Care is proud to support the aims and ambitions of the Vivaldi Social Care. We firmly believe that getting involved in research will inform future evidence-based care and support across adult social care.” Being at the forefront of research needn’t be scary or time consuming. The team behind Vivaldi Social Care have developed a robust approach that is very easy to adopt, but they are also available to provide timely and trusted support. We look forward to seeing how Vivaldi Social Care leads to safer, more effective, and responsive care for the people.
Vivaldi Social Care gives a voice to our sector. It enables residents, families, frontline staff, providers, and wider stakeholders come together to create outcomes for social care, by social care. It brings the sector together to improve learning and lays a strong foundation for other studies to shape social care through research going forward. With the data from Vivaldi, we can work with policy makers to create and deliver co-produced and informed positive change for people who live in, work in, and visit social care.
Majesticare is proud to announce its active participation in the Vivaldi Social Care Project, a pioneering initiative set to transform the landscape of infection control and communication within care homes across the UK. This ground-breaking project is designed to empower care homes with the tools necessary to promptly detect infections, prevent closures, and ensure consistent and meaningful communication between residents and their loved ones. We are delighted that numerous care homes have already joined the Vivaldi Social Care project. Majesticare’s participation in this study aims to enhance our understanding of resident wellbeing within our homes, whilst underscoring our commitment to improving the quality of life for both residents and team members, to ensure a safer and more fulfilling care environment for years to come. Through Majesticare’s active participation and strong advocacy for the Vivaldi Social Care Project, we encourage other providers to join us in this vital initiative. Together, we can make significant strides in advancing the standards of care and ensuring the highest levels of safety and communication in care homes nationwide.
Vivaldi is a part of the long tradition of social care finding our own solutions to the challenges we face. Knowledge is power, and the in depth, focused research of Vivaldi shares a strength across everyone in the care sector to push for better. Through Vivaldi’s previous research, which included 50,000 people working in care homes and the residents of over 300 care homes, we were able to develop much needed information about how covid-19 was impacting residential care. And that’s just the beginning. There is so much more knowledge coursing through our social care communities, insights into best practice, co-production and lived experience that remain siloed in the localities that have invented and implemented them. Vivaldi can help us share our knowledge with each other, and then build on that power together to help influence government policy decisions. At Nourish we are proud of our involvement in Vivaldi and we remain very enthusiastic about future findings we can develop by working collaboratively with care providers across the UK.
We’re delighted to be involved in the VIVALDI Social Care programme. At Camascope, we aim to make healthcare information more accessible to improve the outcomes for people receiving care. We see first-hand the challenges caused by a lack of interoperability between healthcare systems, and this study will play a pivotal role in breaking down those barriers. Contributing to this initiative aligns well with our core values and commitment to enhancing care for those in need.
Digital Care Hub is proud to support Vivaldi Social Care. At Digital Care Hub we provide free support to adult social care providers around technology and data protection and we believe that the strong approach to data protection and to transparency about how an individual’s data is being used by Vivaldi social care is a real indicator or what best practice research looks like in a social care space. We also feel that the strong approach to information governance is part of the reason why we’ve seen such buy in from care home residents, their families and loved ones, care homes themselves, as well as the broader sector into the important work Vivaldi is doing. This exciting project is really showing the way that care home data can be used to produce great research which can really provide benefits and great outcomes for individuals.
Throughout the pandemic, carers, residents and their families were severely impacted by the Covid19 virus. Denied the right to see even one member of their family, residents were starved of the emotional support they desperately relied on. While risking their own lives, care staff also suffered the distress of witnessing the rapid decline in the mental health and wellbeing of those in their care. Many simply gave up the will to live and died without the comfort of their closest relative by their side. Thousands of families were left devastated and are still trying to cope with this premature loss. In the recent Covid Inquiry report, Lady Hallet concluded that the pandemic caused grief and “untold misery” which could have been reduced or prevented, had the UK been better prepared; Never again can a disease be allowed to lead to so many deaths and so much suffering. That’s why Rights for Residents are proud to support the Vivaldi Social Care project. We wholeheartedly agree that data must be captured in care settings, if we are to prevent or contain infection outbreaks. Loneliness and isolation also kill, and history can never be repeated.