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Tag Archives: Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings
Summary of NICE’s Impact on Dementia Health and Care (NICE)
Summary A National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) marketing report gives an overview of progress in implementing NICE guidance across health and care. The main section headings comprise: Prevent or delay onset of dementia. Referral, diagnosis and care … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Activities to Promote Wellbeing, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Alternatives to Antipsychotics, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics in People With Dementia, Antipsychotics Limitation in Dementia, Antipsychotics Side Effects, Assessment of Care Needs, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Care and Support, Care and Support Planning, Care of People with Dementia: Quality Standard, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Care Planning in Dementia, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Carer's Needs, Carer’s Needs Assessment, Choice and Control, Choice and Control Over Decisions, Choice in Health and Social Care, Choirs (Community Singing), Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Risk Reduction, Collaboration for Coordinated Care, Commissioning Carer Support Services, Community Singing, Comprehensive Assessments for Older People in Hospital, Comprehensive Model of Personal Care, Control and Independence, Coordinated Care, Coordinating Care, Dementia - Assessment Management and Support for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers: NICE Guideline NG97, Dementia - NICE Care Pathway, Dementia Assessment Referral to GP (DeAR-GP), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in Hospitals, Dementia Case Finding, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset - NICE Care Pathway, Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life; Midlife Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset: NICE Guideline (NG16), Dementia Friendly Hospitals Charter, Dementia Post-Diagnostic Care and Support, Dementia Quality Standard (QS184), Dementia Quality Standards, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Discharge From Hospital, Dr Hilda Hayo: Chief Admiral Nurse, Dr Hilda Hayo: Chief Executive of Dementia UK, Emergency Admissions, Healthwatch, Healthy Lifestyles, Home Care, Informed Choices, Later Life, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Managing Distress, Managing Psychological and Behavioural Distress in People with Dementia, Meaningful Activity, Mental Health Promotion, Mid-Life Approaches to Delay or Prevent Onset of Dementia Disability and Frailty in Later Life, Modifiable Risk Factors, Named Care Coordinators, National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals 2016-2017 - Third Round of Audit Report: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2017), National Guidance and Quality Standards, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)’s Quality Standard on Dementia (2019), Needs of Carers, Neurological Disorders, NHS Comprehensive Model of Personal Care, NICE Guideline NG97: Dementia - Assessment Management and Support for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers, NICE Quality Standard 184 (QS184), NICEimpact Dementia, Patient Preferences, Person-Centred Coordinated Care, Personal Preferences, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Prevention Agenda, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Quality of Life of Carers, Quality Standard on Care of People with Dementia, Quality Statements, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Waste in Dementia Care, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Risk Reduction, Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Audit of Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Social Care, Social Care and Support, Statement of Wishes and Preferences, Structured Assessment (Pre- Non-Pharmacological or Pharmacological Treatment for Distress), Supporting Carers, Supporting Carers of People With Dementia, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Thinking Ahead - Advance Care Planning, Transforming Dementia Care in Hospital, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings
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Statistical Process Control Applied to Delayed Transfers of Care (NHS Improvement)
Summary Delayed transfers of care (DToC) are widely recognised to be a significant cause of unnecessary harm to patients, and potentially avoidable financial costs to the taxpayer. NHS Improvement’s “Delayed transfer of care (DToC) improvement tool” incorporates the latest data from … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Areas With the Highest Delayed Transfers of Care, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Cross-Sector Partnerships, Dashboards, Delayed Transfer of Care (DToC) Improvement Tool (NHS Improvement), Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Discharge From Acute and Mental Health Trusts, DToCs Dashboard, Efficiency Opportunities, English Local Authorities, Geographical Variations, Health and Adult Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Health Services: Variations, NHS Improvement's Delayed Transfers of Care Improvement Tool, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Pivot Table Slicers (Excel Tool), Post-Discharge Support, QI: Quality Improvement, Quality and Efficiency Opportunities, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Regional Variations, Social Care Delays (Impact on Hospital Bed-Days and LoS), Social Care Providers, Statistical Process Control, Statistical Process Control (SPC) Principles, Statistical Process Control Methodology, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variation in Performance, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Whole System Dashboards, Whole System Patient Flows
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Intermediate Care Including Reablement: Quality Standard QS173 (NICE)
Summary National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has produced a quality standard on intermediate care, including reablement. This is intended to contribute to improvements across many fronts, including: Integration of health and social care. Patient and carer-related quality … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NICE Guidelines, UK
Tagged Alternatives to Hospital Admission, Alternatives to Hospital Care, Bed-Based Intermediate Care Services, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Rehabilitation Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Crisis Response, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Demand for Intermediate Care, Discharge of Hospital Patients With Care and Support Needs, Discharge Planning, Home Based Intermediate Care, Home Based Services, Hospital Discharge, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Intermediate Care, Intermediate Care Including Reablement: NICE Quality Standard QS173, Multi-Agency Integration, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multimorbidity, National Audit of Intermediate Care, NHS Benchmarking, NICE Quality Standard QS173, NICE Quality Standards, Partnership Working, People's Experience of Using Adult Social Care Services, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Intermediate Care, Quality Measures, Quality Statements, Re-ablement Services, Re-admission Avoidance Scheme (RAS), Reablement, Reablement Services, Reablement Services for People Leaving Hospital, Readmissions for Patients with Long Term Conditions, Recovery, Recovery Based Approaches, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Recovery. Rehabilitation, Redesigning Services, Regaining Independence, Rehabilitation and Self Management, Rehabilitation Care Pathways, Rehabilitation Services, Services Maximising Independence, Services Reducing Use of Hospitals, Social Care for Older People With Multiple Long-Term Conditions, Social Care Reablement Services, Supporting Health Wellbeing and Independence, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings
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A Tipping Point in the Sustainability of Health and Care? (BBC News / King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust)
Summary A King’s Fund / Nuffield Trust report identifies a 26% decline in the number of older people receiving social care, due largely to six years of cuts to local authority funding. Social care providers are found to be under pressure … Continue reading
Posted in Age UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (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, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Funding, Adult Social Care in England, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), BBC Health News, Bed Availability and Occupancy: NHS Performance Indicators, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Better Care Fund (BCF), Better Care Fund Plans, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Caroline Abrahams: Director of Age UK, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Costs and Cost Pressures, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Delayed Transfers of Care: NHS Performance Indicators, Discharge, Discharge Programme Board, Efficiency Opportunities, Eldercare Vouchers, Elderly Failed By Shameful Care System (Allegation From Age UK and Alzheimer’s Society), Elderly People With Complex Health and Social Care Needs, Endless Winter in NHS (Allegation), Eternal Winter, Financial Constraints, Financial Context, Financial Difficulties, Financial Performance, Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Configuration, Health and Social Care in the Community, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care Services, Home Truths: Social Care For Older People (2016), Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Interdependencies, Lady Ros Altmann, Length of Stay (LoS), Lost Beds Problem (sic), Making Our Care and Health Systems Fit for An Ageing Population, NHS Funding, NHS Funding Gap, NHS Overspends, NHS Performance, NHS Performance Indicators, NHS Productivity, Patient Flows, Population Winter Pressures, Quarterly Monitoring Report, Quarterly Monitoring Reports, Richmond Group of Charities, Social Care For Older People: Home Truths, Society of Acute Medicine: Meltdown Warning, Submissions Ahead of Chancellor Philip Hammond's Autumn Statement (2016), Sustainability, Sustainable Care, Sustainable Funding, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Local Funding, Tax Breaks on Saving For Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, UK Home Care Association, UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Upward Spending Pressures, Variation in Performance, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Service, Variations in Spending, Vulnerable Older People, Waiting Time Standards, Waiting Time Target Breaches, Wasted Resources, Whole System Patient Flows, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures Beyond Winter (Winter Re-Defined?), Winter Pressures: Role of Community Health Services
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“Poverty of Ambition” on Reducing Delayed Transfers of Care? Improvements Recommended (BBC News / House of Commons PAC / NICE)
Summary The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee’s latest report challenges the government, NHS Improvement and NHS England to tackle the extent of (i) the harm to patients and (ii) the financial costs, arising from delays in discharging older patients … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, 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, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, NICE Guidelines, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Accountability and Integration, Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Areas With the Highest Delayed Transfers of Care, BBC Health News, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Four: Six O'Clock News, Bed Days, Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Cumbria County Council, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Discharges Higher in Mental Health Trusts, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Delayed Transfers of Care by Responsible Organisation, Discharge From Acute and Mental Health Trusts, Discharge Programme Board, Efficiency Opportunities, Financial Incentives Across Local Health and Social Care Systems (Proposals), Fragility of Adult Social Care Provider Market, Geographical Variations, Good Practice, Good Practice Standards, Health and Adult Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Beds, Hospital Beds Use: Variations, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Hospital Long-Waiters, House of Commons, House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration Transformation Fund (aka Better Care Fund), James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Health Services: Variations, Local System Resilience Groups, Local Variations, Long Hospital Stays, Lord Carter Review, Loss of Mobility During Long Hospital Stays, Loss of Older Patients' Muscle Strength Per Day of Hospital Treatment, Measures to Capture the Number of Older People Who No Longer Benefit From Acute Hospital Care (Proposal), Meg Hiller MP: Chair of Public Accounts Committee, Mental Health Trusts, National Audit Office (NAO), National Discharge Programme Board, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Market Position Statement, NHS Mental Health Trusts in England, NHS Sustainability, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Parliamentarians, Patient Care, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Patient Safety, Personal Budgets in Adult Social Care, Post-Discharge Support, Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Public Accounts Commons Select Committee, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Regional Variations, Sharing Good Practice, Sharing Patient Information, Sir James Munby: President of Family Division of the High Court, Social Care Delays (Impact on Hospital Bed-Days and LoS), Social Care Providers, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variation in Performance, Variations in Quality of Care, Variations in Service, Variations in Spending, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Whole System Patient Flows
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