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Mortality Rate of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Hospital: a Local Audit (Wounds UK)
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
Posted in Acute Hospitals, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, New Cross Hospital, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Authorial Affiliation, Statistics, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Co-Morbidity, Comorbidity, Complex Comorbidities, Decreased Tissue Perfusion, Dehydration, End of Life Care, End of Life Care Research, End-of-Life Care in Acute Hospitals, End-of-Life Skin Changes, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s SCALE: Skin Changes at Life’s End, Frailty, Hospital End-of-Life Care, Immobility, Incontinence, Inpatient Palliative Care, Irregular Blood Chemistry, Local Audit of Mortality Rates of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Acute Hospitals, Localised Hypoxia, Loss of Function, Loss of Mobility, Malnutrition, Managing Comorbidity and Complexity, Mortality Rates, Mortality Rates of Persons With Pressure Ulcers in Hospital, Mortality Risk Factors, Multiple Comorbidities, NHS England Midlands and East: Stop the Pressure Campaign, Organic Deterioration Towards End of Life, Overlapping Risk Factors, Pain, Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Hospitals, Palliative Care, Pressure Ulcer Incidence, Pressure Ulcer Prevalence, Pressure Ulcers, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Pressure Ulcers: Risk Assessment, Pressure Ulcers: Risk Factors, Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers, Reduced Mobility, Reduced Peripheral Tissue Perfusion, Risk Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Ulcers, Risk Factors, Skin Changes at Life’s End (SCALE), Skin Failure, Skin Integrity, Stages of Pressure Ulcers, Stop The Pressure, Tissue Integrity, Wounds UK
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Delirium: NICE Quality Standard QS63 (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new quality standard “Delirium: Quality Standard (QS63)”, which covers the prevention, diagnosis and management of delirium in adults (aged 18 years and over) in hospital and long-term … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Diagnosis, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK
Tagged Acute Confusional State, Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (2013/14), Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), Antipsychotic Medication for Delirium, Antipsychotics and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism, Antipsychotics for Delirium, Antipsychotics Side Effects, Auditing, Care Homes, Carer Engagement Strategies, Carer Involvement in Healthcare, Checking Medication, Cognitive Stimulation, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) Targets for Improving Dementia and Delirium Care, Communication of Diagnosis to GPs, Confusion (Delirium), Confusion in Care Homes, Constipation, Dehydration, Delirium CAM ICU Tool (PP), Delirium Diagnosis, Delirium in Care Homes, Delirium in Elderly Patients, Delirium in Hospitalised Patients, Delirium Management, Delirium Prevention, Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium: NICE Quality Standard QS63, Discharge Information, Disorientation, Effects of Medication, Families and Carers, General Hospitals, Geriatric Psychiatry, Good Practice in Care Homes, Hospitalised Older Adults, Hyperactive Delirium, Hypoactive Delirium, Hypoxia, Immobility or Limited Mobility, Impact of Delirium on Length of Stay, Incidence of Delirium, Infection or Other Acute Illness, Information for Carers, Long-Term Care (LTC), Mental Wellbeing of Older People in Care Homes, Misdiagnosis of Delirium, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Outcomes Framework (NHSOF), NICE Care Pathway: Delirium, Pain, Poor Nutrition, Prevalence of Delirium, Public Health Outcomes Framework (2013-16), Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Recognition of Delirium, Reducing Antipsychotic Drugs in Care Homes, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Care Settings, Sensory Impairment, Sensory Stimulation, Sleep Disturbance, Tailored Interventions to Prevent Delirium, THINK Alphabet Checklist for Delirium, THINK Delirium in Intensive Care, THINK Delirium Strategy, Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Warrington and Halton NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust
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Review of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) in Care Homes (BMC Geriatrics)
Summary This review attempts to map the literature generated from research in care homes. The authors performed a systematic mapping review, looking specifically into the evidence-base from randomised controlled trials conducted in care homes. Of the 291 articles reviewed in full, most … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Systematic Reviews
Tagged Aromatherapy, BMC Geriatrics, Care Home Administration, Care Homes. Nursing Homes, Case Management, Cognitive Performance, Constipation, COPD, Cough Reflex Sensitivity, Decubitus Ulcers, Dehydration, Dementia, Dental and Oral Health Interventions, Department of Health Care of Older People: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Medicine: Peterborough City Hospital, Department of Psychiatry: University of Nottingham, Depression, Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing: University of Nottingham, Faecal Incontinence, Falls, Fractures, General Health, Homes for the Aged, Hypertension, Immunity, Influenza, Interpersonal Skills, Long Term Care, Malnutrition, Medical Crises in Older People Study Group, Microbial Colonisation, Mobility, Nottingham, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nursing, Nutrition, Occupational Therapy Aids and Appliances, Oral Health, Osteoporosis, Pain, Peterborough, Peterborough City Hospital, Pharmacological, Physical Function, Physical Restraint Use, Physical Therapy, Prescribing, Psychological or Behavioural Therapy, Quality of Care, Quality of Life, Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), Research in Care Homes, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Facilities, Respiratory Infection, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Skin Health, Sleep, Staff Education, Swallowing, University of Nottingham, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), UTI, Vaccination, Vitamin D Deficiency
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