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Tag Archives: Patient Documentation
World Continence Week – Miscellaneous Contributions and Insights (NHS England / ICS)
Summary The ICS World Continence Week (WCW) is an annual event which aims to raise awareness about incontinence-related issues. The following piece covers the recent Excellence in Continence Care guidelines and the benefits of collaboration between health and social care … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, 6 C’s of Nursing, Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for South London, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction, Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Campaign, Catheter Care Pack (Health Innovation Network and Age UK), Catheter Care: Pledge Card, Catheter Care: Social Media Approach, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs), Commissioning Continence Services, Commissioning for Dignity and Value, Communication Between Care Homes and Hospitals, Continence Care, Continence Services, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s the Bladder and Bowel Specialist Service, Dr Stephanie Machin: Robin Hood Health Centre in Sutton, Emergency Admissions, Empowering Patients to Practise Self-Care, Encourage Catheter Independence, Enhancing Patients' Catheter Knowledge, Excellence in Continence Care, Excellence in Continence Care Board (NHS England), Health Innovation Network, Health Innovation Network South London, ICS World Continence Week (WCW), Improving Communication Between Care Homes and Hospitals, Incontinence, International Continence Society (ICS), Jacq Emkes: NHS England’s Excellence in Continence Care Board, Models of Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Vanguard Site: Sutton CCG, New Models of Care, New Models of Care Vanguards, NHS England's Five Year Forward View (2014), NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s New Models of Care Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Sutton CCG, Partnership Working, Patient Documentation, Patient Experience, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Red Bag Initiative: Hospital Transfer Pathway, Red Bags, Reducing Healthcare-Related Harms and Costs, Reducing Stigma, Sarah Elliott: Regional Chief Nurse for NHS England in the South, Self-Management, Sharon Eustice: Nurse Consultant at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Six C’s of Nursing, South London Health Innovation Network, Stigma, Stigma Reduction, Sutton CCG, Sutton Homes of Care Vanguard, Sutton Homes of Care Vanguard – Hospital Transfer Pathway (Red Bag), The 6 Cs, Tiziana Ansell: South London’s Health Innovation Network, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), World Continence Week, World Continence Week (2016)
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Breaking the Cycle of Discontent: How Family Carers of People with Dementia Become Dissatisfied with General Hospital Care (BMC Geriatrics)
Summary Family carers deserve to be engaged by hospital staff, so that they are able to give and receive information about a relative with dementia. They should be offered suitable opportunities to participate and have their say in hospital care. … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Admissions, Assessment, Assessment and Diagnosis, Care in General Hospitals, Care Triad: Patient-Staff-Family/Carer, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Expectations, Carer Fatigue, Carer Isolation, Carer Relationships with Hospital Staff, Carer Support, Carers, Carers Seeking Evidence of Poor Care, Caring for People with Dementia on Hospital Wards, Conflict Over Care). Carers’ Expectations, Cycle of Discontent, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Identification, Dementia Qualifications (Skills for Care), Dementia-Friendly Wards, Diagnosis and Assessment, Discharge Planning, Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing: University of Nottingham, Expectations, Family Carers, Family Carers and Health Professionals: Relationship Breakdown, General Hospitals, Hospital Discharge, Hospitals as Dangerous Places, Hospitals as Hazardous Places, Hyper Vigilant Monitoring (Carers), Improving Care in General Hospital Settings, Information for Carers, Interview Schedule: Family and Carers, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Needs of Carers, Negative Experiences of Hospital Care, NHS Culture, NIHR, NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, Older People's Wards, Organisational and Professional Cultures, Patient Admission, Patient Care, Patient Documentation, Patient Experience, Patient Rights, Patient Safety, Patient-Centered Care, Patient-Staff-Family Carer Triad, Perceived Poor Care, Poor Communication, Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals, Relationship Breakdowns, SDO Project 08/1809/227, Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Skills and Competencies, Skills for Care, Staff Training, Support for Carers (Hospital Discharge), Training, Training Needs Analysis, Triadic Relationship of Care, Underlying Causes of BPSD, University of Nottingham, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers
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Care of Older People with Cognitive Impairment in General Hospitals (NIHR SDO)
Summary Mental health problems amongst the elderly in acute hospitals include dementia (31% of all older people in hospitals) and delirium (estimated in this report as 20% of all older people in hospitals). Outcomes for patients in hospitals with these … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Admissions, Assessment, Assessment and Diagnosis, Assessment of Competence, Avoidable Admissions, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Care in General Hospitals, Caregiver Training, Caring for People with Dementia on Hospital Wards, Cognitive Assessment, Cognitive Impairment, Communication, Competence, Confusion (Delirium), Core and Common Competences for Support Workers, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Identification, Dementia Qualifications (Skills for Care), Dementia-Friendly Wards, Diagnosis and Assessment, Disruptive Behaviour, Education and Dementia, Education and Training, Educational Intervention, EHE and Dementia Projects, EHE: Enhancing the Healing Environment, Epidemiology, Family Carers, General Hospitals, Hospitals as Dangerous Places, Hospitals as Hazardous Places, Hydration, Hydration and Nutrition, Impact of Caring on Carers, Impact of Dementia on Hospital Readmission, Improving Care in General Hospital Settings, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), NHS Culture, NIHR, NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme, Older People's Wards, Organisational and Professional Cultures, Patient Admission, Patient Care, Patient Documentation, Patient Experience, Patient Rights, Patient Safety, Patient-Centered Care, Physical Environment, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), SDO Project 08/1809/227, Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), Skills and Competencies, Skills for Care, Staff Training, Training, Training Needs Analysis, Underlying Causes of BPSD, University of Nottingham, Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers, Wandering, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Training
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