Nau mai, welcome to our fourth pānui to update you on the progress with Te Kete Rongomau.
MAPS launch at Te Whatu Ora Lakes!
The BIG NEWS is that the implementation of MAPS at Te Whatu Ora Lakes is NOW LIVE! This means people can start filling in their MAPS and opting into the Te Kete Rongomau research, so we can ask them what the experience of creating a MAPS was like. Later, if / when services use their MAPS, they can opt into the research again to tell us about whether their will and preferences, as laid out in their MAPS, were followed.
We will also ask staff at Lakes and Waikato to fill in an anonymous feedback form and online survey so they can tell us how it went from their perspective. Our primary research measure will be whether MAPS was followed and, if not, why not.
Connect to the Lakes MAPS page here https://www.teketerongomau.com/lakesmaps
Meet some of the Lakes team
In our last pānui, we featured Maryanne Richardson, our Project Manager based in Rotorua at Te Whatu Ora Lakes. This time, we briefly feature some more members of the Lakes team. This includes a short chat with Ty McWilliam, followed by a profile of Connie Jefferson and Wi Te Tau Kahutapere Huata. These will be the people to look out for regarding the research.
Next time, we will feature Debbie Goodwin, our Project Manager based in Hamilton at Te Whatu Ora Waikato, and Areta Ranginui Charlton and Cindy Shepherd, who support the Waikato team. MAPS is due to go live at Waikato on 18 November 2024.
Please feel free to share our Te Kete Rongomau website with people you think may be interested. We have a ‘follow us’ section at the end of this pānui, where you can sign up to receive updates, news, and invitations to our events. And, of course, the links to the MAPS resources at Lakes are now live and available for use.
Kōrero with Ty McWilliam
Can you tell us about your background and where you grew up?
I was born in Gibraltar. I have been nursing for 36 years and feel grateful for every day of my career. I love to work, engage with people, and see their journeys from engagement to recovery.
What is your role in the Te Kete Rongomau project?
I was fortunate enough to be asked to be part of the Te Kete Rongomau Project earlier this year when I started at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Lakes. I hoped that being part of this project would empower our tāngata whaiora to make decisions about their journey, which would be upheld and supported by the relevant services. It has been an exciting project to be involved in so far.
As mentioned, empowering our tangata whaiora is central to what we strive for as a mental health and addiction service. We have a model of care called Te Ara Tauwhirotanga, which is what we are guided by and goes hand in hand with the project’s ideals. I look forward to seeing MAPS develop and go into the following two phases. Promoting it with our service workshops has been great, and we will be introducing it to other services, too. Anything that makes people feel heard and validated is close to our service and my values.
Constance Jefferson
Connie (Ngāti Pākehā) is part of the Lakes Project Team and brings a youth perspective as a young person with lived experience. She is studying for a psychology degree through the University of Waikato (Tauranga campus). Connie has applied her lived experience to inform projects at Lakes, including the co-design of the new inpatient unit being built at present. Her short talk on how a Mental Health Advance Preference Statement could have helped her through her recovery journey was well received at a recent kaimahi education session at Lakes.
Wi Te Tau Kahutapere Huata
Wi (Ngāti Kahungunu) is a Consumer Advisor with Link People here in Rotorua and is part of the Lakes Project Team. He deeply understands and is committed to Te Ao Māori, which has been invaluable in developing our resources and templates. Wi has used services as a tangata whaiora and brings this perspective to the work on the Te Kete Rongomau research project. He was also on the two Māori tāne who gifted the name Te Kete Rongomau to the Mental Health Advance Preference Statements Research project.
Next steps
The team has finalised all the MAPS tools and resources and is ready for Phase 2 Implementation at Lakes (LIVE NOW) and Waikato (due to go live on 18 November).
In Phase 2, all individuals who complete a MAPS will be invited to participate in a research project and interview to share their experiences creating a MAPS. Researchers will also have access to their completed de-identified MAPS for analysis. The analysis will involve reviewing the MAPS content, comparing it to others, and better understanding the core information to help improve education, resources, and awareness.
Phase 3 Evaluation will start in November 2024. It aims to assess the effects of implementing MAPS on various outcomes and experiences from the perspectives of tāngata whaiora, whānau, kaimahi, and clinicians, particularly for Māori.
We look forward to re-engaging with all of you soon and hearing about your experiences creating or using MAPS.
Ka kite me noho ora mai
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