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Counter-Intuitive Evidence on the Efficacy of Education for Healthcare Professionals in the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers (Cochrane Database / NHS Improvement)

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Conventional wisdom would suggest that education and training of healthcare staff must be of some practical benefit for the prevention of pressure ulcers. In the real world it may well do so, who knows, but a Cochrane Review has … Continue reading →

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Mortality Rate of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Hospital: a Local Audit (Wounds UK)

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary An audit was performed at an NHS trust over a 6-month period to examine the mortality rates of patients reported to have SCALE grade 2, 3 or 4 pressure ulcers in acute care. It was found that 44% of … Continue reading →

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Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Communication Failures in Hospital End-of-Life Care (BBC News / RCP)

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The latest Royal College of Physicians (RCP) audit has estimated that one in five families may not be consulted when hospital staff decide not to revive their relatives and issue “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) orders. “Guidelines issued by the … Continue reading →

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Further Room For Improvements in End of Life Care (BBC News / RCP)

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary End of life care in the UK has previously been assessed to be possibly the best in the world, but a Royal College of Physicians audit report identifies local variations in the quality of hospital care for the dying. Full … Continue reading →

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Reducing Length of Stay in Hospitals (Nuffield Trust / Monitor)

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 →

Dying Matters Awareness Week 2015: Plus Related Information and Developments (Dying Matters Coalition / BBC News / PHSO / Nursing Times)

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The “Dying Matters Awareness Week”, this year having the theme “Talk, Plan, Live”, occurs between May 18th – 24th 2015. The aim is to support more open discussion about dying, death and bereavement. Making end of life wishes known, … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: End-of-Life Care in Acute Hospitals

Mortality Rate of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Hospital: a Local Audit (Wounds UK)

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Communication Failures in Hospital End-of-Life Care (BBC News / RCP)

Reducing Length of Stay in Hospitals (Nuffield Trust / Monitor)

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