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Tag Archives: Assessment Before Discharge
Alternative Approaches to Reducing Hospital Admissions / Re-Admissions (BBC News / British Red Cross / NESTA / King’s Fund)
Summary The British Red Cross has proposed that home assessments, and comparatively simple interventions, when discharging old and vulnerable people for hospitals would help to reduce avoidable but predictable hospital re-admissions (and prevent many hospital admissions in the first place). … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Age Friendly Homes, Age-Friendly Housing, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Assessment Before Discharge, Assisting Patients Inside Their Homes (Opportunity to Check Home Environment), Aston University, Avoidable Acute Hospital Admission in Older People, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, BBC Health News, Bed Occupancy Rates, Between Home and Hospital: With British Red Cross, Birmingham, British Red Cross, Community Service Volunteers (CSV), Community-Based Care, Community-Based Support, Community-Based Volunteering, Costs and Harms of Delays in Discharging Older Patients From Hospital, Crises Facing Independent Living Service Users, Crisis Prevention, Criteria Led Discharge, Delayed Discharge: Patient Awaiting Care Package in Own Home, Delayed Discharge: Social Care Delays, Discharge Checklists, Discharge Decisions, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Discharging Older Patients From Hospital, Dr Nick Scriven: Society of Acute Medicine, Early Discharge Support, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Care, Emergency Medicine Journal, Emergency Readmissions to Hospital Within 28 Days of Discharge, Emergency Readmissions Within 30 Days, Emergency Services, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Failed Discharges, Feeling Unsafe, Frail Patients on Discharge From Hospital, Future Healthcare Journal, Health and Housing, Health Volunteering, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT), Helping in Hospitals, Home Assessments (on Hospital Discharge), Home Assessments (Prior to Discharge), Hospital Discharge, Hospital Re-Admission Risks, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing Quality, Imelda Redmond: Healthwatch England, In and Out of Hospital (British Red Cross), In-Home Assessments, Inappropriate Discharge, Living Alone, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Mike Adamson: Chief Executive of British Red Cross, Missed Opportunities, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Data for Better Analysis of Emergency Readmissions (Proposal), National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA), NESTA: National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, NHS Winter Pressures (aka Winter Crisis 2017-2018), Overnight Effect, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Case Management, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Home Conditions, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Team-Based Interventions in A&E, Proactive Falls Prevention Schemes, Re-Admissions to Hospitals, Readmission Rates, Reasons for Short Stay Emergency Admissions, Red Cross, Reducing Re-Admissions to NHS Hospitals, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, School of Health and Related Research: University of Sheffield, Social Prescribing, Solihull, Solihull Hospital, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, South Warwickshire Foundation Trust, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, Struggling and Caring For Others, Struggling With Everyday Tasks, Tackling Health Inequality Through Housing, University of Sheffield, University of Wolverhampton (Walsall), Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care Services, Urgent and Emergency Care Vanguards: Solihull Together for Better Lives, Value of Volunteering, Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS), Volunteering in General Practice, Volunteering in Hospitals, Warmer and Safer Homes, Winter Pressures
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Helping Hospital Patients Stay Active and a Winter Framework For Speedier Discharge (NHS England / BMJ / BJN / NIHR Signal / JAN)
Summary Jane Cummings, the Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England has written about a Winter Framework designed to reduce delayed discharges by maximising the use of care homes across each Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP). Therapy-led units, too, will be … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Campaign (NHS England), Whole Winter Framework, Winter Framework, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures: Role of Community Health Services, Winter Support Package (2017), Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (Evergreen Ward), Yeovil District Hospital: Intermediate Care in Cookson’s Court Nursing Home
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Barriers and Challenges in Discharge Planning (QNI / BBC News)
Summary The following report from the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) summarises known barriers and challenges which can prevent effective discharge from hospitals. Case studies illustrating best practice are supplied, along with recommendations. Full Text Link Reference Pellett, C. (2016). Discharge … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 2020 Vision 5 years on: Reassessing the Future of District Nursing, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Adults With Social Care Needs, Ageing Population, Assertive In-Reach, Assertive In-Reach Teams, Assessment Before Discharge, Association of District Nurse Educators (ADNE), Barriers and Challenges in Discharge Planning, BBC Health News, Care Transitions, Care Transitions Involving Adults With Social Care Needs, Care Transitions of Older People, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Care Planning, Collaborative Communication, Communication, Coordinated Health and Social Care, D2A Model of Discharge for Frail Older People, Daily Transfers of Care (DTOC), Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Destination on Discharge, Discharge, Discharge at a Reasonable Time, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge From General Inpatient Hospital Settings, Discharge Guidelines, Discharge Information, Discharge Into the Care Sector, Discharge Planning, Discharge Records, Discharge Summaries, Discharge Support, Discharge to Assess (D2A) Model, Discharge to Assess Programme, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Geriatric Assessment and Care, Handover, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Admissions, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Readmission Risk Factors, Hospital-Based Multi-Disciplinary Teams, In-Reach Teams, Information Sharing, Information Sharing: Advance Care Plans, Information Sharing: Care Plans, Information Sharing: Communication Needs, Integrated Discharge Process, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, Management of Medicines, Managing Transitions, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medication Reviews, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Multi-Agency Collaboration, Multi-Disciplinary Teams, National District Nurses Network (NDNN), Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust, Partnership and Collaboration, Patient Transitions of Care, Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI), Queen’s Nurse Network (QNI), Rapid Assessment Team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Norfolk), Reducing Delayed Transfers of Care, Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, Serco / Suffolk Community Healthcare, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Transition Planning, Transitions, Transitions Between Health and Social Care, Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust, Workforce Development, Worthing Hospital: Welcome Home Packs
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Patient Transfers / Hospital Discharge Guideline (SCIE / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new national guideline entitled “Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs (NG27)”. This guideline covers patient transitions … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Admission to Hospital, Adults With Social Care Needs, Assessment at Home to Improve Hospital Discharge Success Rates, Assessment Before Discharge, Care Transitions, Care Transitions Involving Adults With Social Care Needs, Care Transitions of Older People, Communication, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Destination on Discharge, Discharge, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge Guidelines, Discharge Information, Discharge Into the Care Sector, Discharge Medicines Review Service, Discharge Planning, Discharge Records, Discharge Summaries, Discharge Support, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Education and Staff Training, ESD: Early Supported Discharge, Geriatric Assessment and Care, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Admissions, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Passport, Hospital-Based Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Dietitians, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Doctors, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Housing Specialists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Mental Health Practitioners, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Nurses, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Pharmacists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Social Workers, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Specialists in the Person’s Conditions, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Therapists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Voluntary Sector Practitioners, Information Sharing, Information Sharing: Advance Care Plans, Information Sharing: Behavioural Issues (Triggers to Certain Behaviours), Information Sharing: Care Plans, Information Sharing: Communication Needs, Information Sharing: Communication Passport, Information Sharing: Current Medicines, Information Sharing: Hospital Passport, Information Sharing: Housing Status, Information Sharing: Named Carers and Next of Kin, Information Sharing: Other Profiles Containing Important Information About the Person’s Needs And Wishes, Information Sharing: Preferred Places of Care, Integrated Discharge Process, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Management of Medicines, Managing Transitions, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medication Reviews, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Medicines Reconciliation, Mental Health Interventions to Support Discharge From General Inpatient Hospital Settings, Multi-Disciplinary Teams, NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC), Patient Transitions of Care, Reablement, Recording Medicines, Reviewing Medicines, Self Management Support For People With Mental Health Difficulties, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Step Up, Step‑Up Facilities, TRAINING for Hospital and Social Care Practitioners, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Transition Planning, Transitions, Transitions Between Health and Social Care, Transitions into Care Home, Understanding and Improving Transitions of Older People: User and Care Centred Approach, Workforce Development
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Reducing Length of Stay in Hospitals (Nuffield Trust / Monitor)
Summary Variations in patients’ length of stay imply there should be significant opportunities to reduce length of hospital stay; whether through improvements to internal processes or development of alternative community-based services. This Nuffield Trust report explores which approaches to reducing … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Delirium, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Savings per Bed Day, Advance Planning, Alignment of Routine Follow-Up Intensity to Patient Risk Profiles, Assessment Before Discharge, Average Length of Stay (Hospitals), Bed Days, Bed Use (Acute Hospitals), Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Blaylock Assessment, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Bundled Approaches, Care Bundle Approach, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Care Seven Days a Week, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Clinical Engagement, Communication During Handovers, Complex Discharge, Complex Needs, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Consultant Led Ward Rounds, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning, Continuous Monitoring, Culture of Assumed Trust and Professionalism, Culture: Constantly Challenging Preconceptions That Patients Need to be in Hospital, David Bennett: Chief Executive of Monitor, Day-of-Surgery Admission, Delirium Superimposed on Dementia, 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Operational Opportunities, Information Systems, Inpatient Palliative Care, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, Integrated Care Pathways, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Out-of-Hospital Care, Lean Enterprise Academy, Length of Stay, Length of Stay (LoS), Managing Transitions, Mayo Audit Tool: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medical Care Assessment Protocol (MCAP), Monitor, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, Multidisciplinary Patient Management, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Alignment of Routine Follow-Up Intensity to Patient Risk Profiles, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Day-of-Surgery Admission, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Optimised Theatre Scheduling and Management, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Proactive management of infections and readmissions, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Specialisation and Extended Roles in Theatre or Outpatient Procedure Teams, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Standardisation of Ward Care and Enhanced Recovery, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Stratification of Patients by Risk, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Streamlined Outpatients and Diagnostics, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Surgical Teams Informed and Supported to Use Theatres Effectively, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nutrition and Hydration, Oak Group and Greater Manchester Commissioning Support Unit, Optimised Theatre Scheduling and Management, Out-of-Hospital Care, Out-of-Hospital Services, Palliative Care, Patient Discharge, Patient flow, Patient Flow Within Hospitals, Patient Flows, Patient Handovers, Patient Transfer to Alternative Settings, Positive and Proactive Care, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Priorites Within Acute Hospitals, Proactive Care Plans, Proactive Case Management, Proactive management of infections and readmissions, Proactive Patient Management, Proactive Patient Rounds, Productivity in Elective Care, Quality Improvement, Reducing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Reducing Immobility, Rehabilitation in Acute Hospitals, Separating Elective Surgical Admissions, Seven Day Consultant Led Multidisciplinary Ward Rounds, Seven Day Services, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-day Rounds and Supporting Services, Seven-Day Services in Hospital, Seven-Day Working, Shared Decision-Making, Short Stay Units for Elderly Patients, Short-Stay Observation and Assessment Units, Short-Stay Units, Single Point of Access (SPA), Smoother Patient Flows, SPA: Single Point of Access, Specialisation and Extended Roles in Theatre or Outpatient Procedure Teams, Specialist Frailty Services, Specialist Frailty Units, Staff Engagement, Standardisation of Ward Care and Enhanced Recovery, Stratification of Patients by Risk, Streamlined Outpatients and Diagnostics, Surgical Teams Informed and Supported to Use Theatres Effectively, Targeted Care, Tracking Patient Progress, Transition Planning, Transitions, Trends in Acute Activity: Trends to 2022, Trends in Emergency Admissions in England, Understanding Patient Flow in Hospitals (Nuffield Trust), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Ward Rounds, Weekend Ward Rounds, Whole System Patient Flows
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Cracks in the Dementia Care Pathway (CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspected care of people with dementia in 129 care homes and 20 hospitals across England during 2013 and 2014, in their thematic review of the care people living with dementia. There are examples of excellent … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Falls, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abbeyfield House - New Malden: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Abbeyfield Woodgate: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Abbots House: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Abbotsleigh Dementia Nursing and Residential Care Home: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Access to Health and Social Care Support, Addenbrookes and the Rosie Hospitals: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Albany Park: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Alderson House: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Alex Wood House: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Allesley Hall: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Alsager Court Care Home with Nursing: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Amber House: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Amy Woodgate: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Arborough House: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Arden Park: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Ashdale Lodge: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Assessment Before Discharge, Assessment of Care Needs, Autumn Vale Care Centre: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Avandale: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Avoidable Admissions, Avoiding Unplanned Admissions, Barlavington Manor: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Barnetts: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Barnham Manor: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Best Practice, Brackenlea: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Brambles Care Home: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Breme Care Home: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Briardene Care Home: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Bridgehouse: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Broadland House Residential Care Home: CQC Dementia Thematic Review Inspection Report, Brockenhurst: CQC Dementia Thematic Review 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Hospital Discharge: Advice for Patients and Carers (BMA)
Summary This British Medical Association (BMA) guidance for patients and carers contains a checklist of questions that need to be asked, and offers information to help support patients during hospital discharge. Full Text Link Reference Hospital discharge: the patient, carer … Continue reading →
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Updated National Audit of Dementia (BBC News / Royal College of Psychiatrists)
Summary The National Audit of Dementia, by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, which has looked at data from 210 hospitals across England and Wales, and included a review of case notes for 8,000 patients with dementia, has found some improvements since the … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, BBC News, Delirium, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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