Over 200 people attended the seminar series, including service users, statutory organisations, care workers and elected representatives.Each seminar explored a topic of particular relevance to adult social care and a range of speakers were invited to present their views or those of the organisation they represent. The object of the exercise was to stimulate discussion. All views documented here are those of individual speakers except where they are specifically attributed to RICC.
RICC is convinced of the need to broaden the debate about funding of care services to include the impact of care and support on quality of life for those using them and consequences arising from provision of good care or lack of the same.
RICC sees a need for greater focus on preventative strategies and measures to assist people to live independent, fulfilled lives. In addition, RICC sees increased investment in community care as a long-term strategy for averting or avoiding unnecessary acute or long term residential/nursing care and consequent better health outcomes for those using care services and support.
About RICC
The Rights in Community Care (RICC) group includes Age NI; Alzheimer's Society; Carers Northern Ireland; Disability Action; Law Centre (NI) and UNISON.
RICC supports a human rights-based approach to the delivery of community care. That is one in which provision of good quality community care is founded on a thorough understanding of the needs of the population in question: people in later life; people living with dementia; carers and people living with disability. It also requires community care to be delivered in an equitable way that upholds and protects the rights of care workers.
