Importance of Person-Centred Care
Treating people with empathy, compassion, and acceptance has an incredibly positive impact on individuals and their families, who finally feel safe and relieved with access to proper care.
Delayed Hospital Discharges: How to Prevent Them?
Delayed discharge and unnecessary hospital admission are causing substantial pressure on the health and social sector in the UK. Can we, together, as a community, call for a change?
Healthcare Crisis Response: A Call for Change
Catalyst Care Group is committed to protecting disadvantaged people’s human rights ensuring high-quality and person-centred care, which is the baseline of our health and social care services.
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS): How it Works
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is a person-centred approach to behaviour focused on improving the quality of life for people with learning disabilities, autism, mental health challenges and complex care needs. Learn more about PBS practices and the positive outcomes Catalyst Care Group has helped people achieve.
Positive Risk Taking in Health and Social Care
Positive risk-taking empowers people to discover new experiences, sources of joy and fulfilment, and a sense of meaning. The strategy includes taking carefully reviewed risks to provide positive outcomes for the people we serve and focusing on what people can do.
Reducing Preventable Hospital Admissions with Proper Care
Catalyst Care Group works with local health, care and well-being partners to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and reduce delayed discharges.
Cultural Factors Impacting Mental Health
Cultural beliefs can significantly influence mental health and affect people’s access to health care. Members of racial and ethnic minorities with mental health challenges are less likely to receive an early diagnosis due to cultural stigma and societal factors. Cultural competence in mental health care is a crucial step towards creating a fairer society.
Lack or Late Autism Diagnosis Posing Barriers at School and Workplace
In the UK, there is still limited understanding of autism spectrum disorder, which often results in a lack of diagnosis or a late autism diagnosis. Late diagnosis is a shared experience for many people, especially when the signs are not as clear.
The Role of Co-Production in Mental and Physical Well-Being Outcomes
Public involvement has been one of the key recommendations in the NHS Long Term Plan for transforming health and social care. The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health designated the need for developing evidence-based strategies in co-production. The approach aims to discover new ways to cooperate and exchange experiences and resources to help provide better person-centred care. Defining Co-Production […]
Mainstreaming vs Inclusive Education
In modern education, the discourse surrounding integrating special education students into mainstream classrooms has significantly evolved, giving rise to the concepts of mainstreaming and inclusive education. Exploring the differences between mainstreaming and inclusive education, we realise that both concepts are vital in shaping the learning experiences of special education students within general education classrooms. Our […]
