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Where Best Next Campaign: Reducing Length of Hospital Stay (NHS England)

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Approximately 350,000 patients spend more than three weeks in a hospital each year, often with poor outcomes: “Many older people, particularly those who are frail and may have dementia, actually deteriorate while in hospital – a stay of more … Continue reading →

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Improving Patient Care by Reducing Length of Hospital Stay (NHS Improvement / NHS England)

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The NHS, with the cooperation of local authorities, plans to reduce unnecessarily long stays in hospital for patients by a quarter. The aim is to free-up over 4,000 beds in readiness for anticipated Winter pressures on hospitals. Currently, around … 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, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 6As for Managing Emergency Admissions, Ambulatory Emergency Care, Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC), Ambulatory Emergency Care (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Better Use of Care at Home, Breaking the Cycle SAFER Patient Flow Bundle, Care Closer to Home, Clinical Criteria for Discharge, Clinical Criteria for Discharge (CCD), Criteria Led Discharge, Daily Transfers of Care (DTOC), Deconditioning, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Discharge, Discharge at a Reasonable Time, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge From General Inpatient Hospital Settings, Discharge Into the Care Sector, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Discharge to Assess (D2A) Model, Emergency Day Care, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care, Expected Date of Discharge, Expected Date of Discharge (EDD), Foci for Maximum Impact in Reducing Length of Stay, Guide to Reducing Long Hospital Stays: NHS Improvement, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Multiagency Peer Reviews, Hospital-Associated Functional Decline: Role of Hospitalisation Processes, Ian Dalton: Chief Executive of NHS Improvement, Improving Hospital Discharge Into Care Sector, Improving Patient Care, Integrated Care Pathway for Frailty, Integrated Multi-Agency Care, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Multiagency Dementia Partnerships, Long-Stay Patient Reviews, Long-Stay Patients, Multi-Agency Collaboration, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Agency Working, Multiagency Discharge Event (MADE), Multiagency Teams, New Front Door to Urgent and Emergency Care Services, NHS Confederation Conference (2018), Patient Administration System (PAS), Patient Deconditioning Effect Related to Hospital Bed Rest (aka Pyjama Paralysis / PJ Paralysis), Patient Harms, Patient Harms and Harm Free Care, Patient Safety, PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) Cycles, Plan Do Study and Act (PDSA), Pyjama Paralysis, Quality Improvement, Rachel Power: Chief Executive of Patients Association, Red2Green Days, Reducing Hospital Length of Stay, Reducing Inappropriate Accident and Emergency Department Attendances, Reducing Length of Hospital Stay, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Reducing Waste in Dementia Care, Reducing Waste in the NHS, SAFER Patient Flow Bundle, SAFER Patient Flow Bundle and Red2Green Days (Improving Patient Flow in Urgent and Emergency Care), Sally Copley: Director of Policy and Campaigns at Alzheimer’s Society, Supporting Patients’ Choices To Avoid Long Hospital Stays, Why Not Home: Why Not Today (reducingdtoc.com) | Leave a comment

NHS Operational Productivity: GIRFT Meets Mental Health and Community Health Services (Lord Carter / DHSC)

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Lord Carter’s latest report in the NHS Operational Productivity series shifts the attention to unwarranted variations in mental health and community health services. Potential savings of around £1 billion in efficiencies could be made by 2020/21, allegedly, if the … Continue reading →

Physical Exercise (For Example Cycling) May Boost the Immune System (BBC News / Aging Cell / NHS England)

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Research indicates that physical activity improves the effectiveness of the body’s immune system, even in the elderly. “Being sedentary goes against evolution because humans are designed to be physically active”. Steve Harridge, King’s College London. Full Text Link Reference … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 70-Day Challenge (NHS 70th Birthday), Active Lifestyle, Adults’ Health and Lifestyle, Aging Cell (Journal), Audax: Long-Distance Cycling Organisation, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Birmingham, Centre of Human and Aerospace Physiological Sciences: King's College London, Cycling, Environmental and Lifestyle Factors, Healthy Lifestyles, immune Senescence, Immune System, Immunesenescence, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing: University of Birmingham, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Kings College London, Length of Stay (LoS), Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Medical Research Council (MRC), Modifiable Risk Factors, MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research: University of Birmingham, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in Inflammation: University Hospital Birmingham, Patient Deconditioning Effect Related to Hospital Bed Rest (aka Pyjama Paralysis / PJ Paralysis), Physical Activity, Physical Activity and Health Benefits, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Pyjama Paralysis, Reducing Hospital Length of Stay, Regular Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sedentary Lifestyles, Thymic Output, Thymus, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Birmingham, Walking and Cycling | Leave a comment

New Models of Care in Community Neurology (Neurological Alliance / Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network)

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network has published an extensive “Transforming Community Neurology: What Commissioners Need to Know” briefing, on improving community services for people with long-term neurological conditions. This report comprises three parts: Part A: Transformation Guide. Part B: … Continue reading →

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More On the Costs and Harms of Delays in Discharging Older Patients From Hospital (BBC News / NAO / NIHR Signal / NHS England)

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The National Audit Office (NAO)’s report on delayed discharges from hospital clarifies the extent to which such delays cause unnecessary harm to older patients and waste NHS money. Delays in discharging older patients cost an estimated £820 million per … Continue reading →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, National Audit Office, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Adult Social Care Transformation Programme at Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Bed Days, Bed-Blockers, Capacity Tracker, Capacity Tracker: Local Availability of Care Homes Vacancies, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Colombia Department of Science Technology and Innovation (COLCIENCIAS), Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Costs and Harms of Delays in Discharging Older Patients From Hospital, Deconditioning in Hospital, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, Early Mobilisation, Early Mobilisation in Hospitals, Early Mobilisation to Reduce Length of Stay, Early Patient Mobilisation, Glen Garrod: President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Beds, Hospital Discharge, Hospital-Associated Deconditioning, Hospital-Related Deconditioning, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Jo Chilton: Programme Director of Adult Social Care Transformation Programme at Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Length of Stay (LoS), Long Hospital Stays, Loss of Mobility During Long Hospital Stays, Loss of Older Patients' Muscle Strength Per Day of Hospital Treatment, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Agency Working, Multi-Disciplinary Working, National Audit Office (NAO), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Signal, NIHR Signal, Patient Care, Patient Deconditioning Effect Related to Hospital Bed Rest (aka Pyjama Paralysis / PJ Paralysis), Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Patient Safety, Post-Discharge Support, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Hospital Length of Stay, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Ruth May: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Social Care Delays (Impact on Hospital Bed-Days and LoS), Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Whole System Patient Flows | Leave a comment

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