Kevin Barlow

Occupational Therapist finds Dorset Care Record an increasingly useful resource

Viewing the Dorset Care Record (DCR) enables Occupational Therapist (OT) Kevin Barlow to enhance client outcomes, saving time, preventing duplication of resources, and improving communication between health and social care services.

Kevin currently works as an OT in Adult Social Care Services for Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) covering the Poole Town Locality. The OT work involves enabling clients, after illness or injury, to stay safe and independent in their own homes, through providing equipment and arranging home adaptations.

For example, if someone has had a stroke and is unable to use their bath, an OT would assess if equipment like a bath lift would meet the person’s need. If not, then an adaptation like a level access shower might be considered. Continue reading “Occupational Therapist finds Dorset Care Record an increasingly useful resource”

Social workers are using the Dorset Care Record widely

Adult social workers benefitting from the Dorset Care Record

In our latest case study, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council’s  Learning and Development officer Debbie Macaulay has been speaking to one of the council’s adult social workers about how they have been using the Dorset Care Record.

“It  is actually a massive help (aspects of huge time saving, accurate information gathering and efficiency) and I have been using DCR since it became available with increasing frequency as more and more detail has become available to view.

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