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Tag Archives: Transitions
Helping Hospital Patients Stay Active and a Winter Framework For Speedier Discharge (NHS England / BMJ / BJN / NIHR Signal / JAN)
Summary Jane Cummings, the Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England has written about a Winter Framework designed to reduce delayed discharges by maximising the use of care homes across each Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP). Therapy-led units, too, will be … 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), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Physiotherapy, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 2018 Chief Nursing Officer Summit, 70-Day National Challenge: End Pyjama (PJ) Paralysis, Accountable Care Organisations, Accountable Care Organisations (ACOs), Accountable Care Systems, Accountable Care Systems (ACSs), ActNow: an e-Learning Tool (e-LfH), Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Adults With Social Care Needs, Ageing Population, Assessment Before Discharge, Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS): University of Melbourne, Barriers and Challenges in Discharge Planning, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4's Inside Health Programme, Birmingham Council, Birmingham Cross City Birmingham South Central and Solihull (Proposed Transforming Care Partnership), Birmingham Cross City CCG, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Journal of Nursing, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Care Home Digital Tools, Care Homes and Therapy-Led Units for Patients Medically Fit for Discharge, Care Transitions, Care Transitions Involving Adults With Social Care Needs, Care Transitions of Older People, Chief Nursing Officer's Summit (2018), CNO Summit (2018), Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Care Planning, Colombia, Colombia Department of Science Technology and Innovation (COLCIENCIAS), Community Health Services Ease Winter Pressures on Hospitals, Criteria Led Discharge, Daily Transfers of Care (DTOC), Deconditioning, Deconditioning in Hospital, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Department of Rehabilitation Medicine: Nepean Hospital, Destination on Discharge, 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, e-Learning for Health (e-LfH), e-Learning for Health (e-LfH) Hub (HEE), Early Mobilisation, Early Mobilisation in Hospitals, Early Patient Mobilisation, Eat Drink Move, End Pyjama (PJ) Paralysis, Excessive Bed Rest (Patient Harm), Frailty Care on Surgical Ward: Lavenham Ward at Ipswich Hospital, Frailty Care on Surgical Wards, Framework for Maximising Use of Care Homes for Patients Medically Fit for Discharge, Framework for Maximising Use of Therapy-Led Units for Patients Medically Fit for Discharge, Framework to Support Winter Pressures (2017-18), Fundación Cardioinfantil - Instituto de Cardiología (Bogotá Colombia), Get Up and Dressed, Get Up For Breakfast, Harms of Bed Rest, Hawkesbury District Health Service - St John of God Health Care (New South Wales), Health Care of Older People (HCOP) Specialty: Nottingham University NHS Trust, Hospital Discharge, Hospital-Associated Deconditioning, Hospital-Associated Functional Decline: Role of Hospitalisation Processes, Hospital-Related Deconditioning, Hospital-Related Deconditioning: Cognitive, Hospital-Related Deconditioning: Physical, Hospital-Related Deconditioning: Psychological, Hospital-Related Deconditioning: Social, Implementation of Care Home Digital Tools, In-Hospital Mobilisation, In-Reach Teams, Initiatives to Decrease DTOCs, Integrated Discharge Process, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich Hospital User Group (IHUG), Jane Cummings: Chair of the Transforming Care Delivery Board, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, Last 1000 Days, Lavenham Ward Reablement Project (Ipswich Hospital), Lavenham Ward: Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Monitoring to Identify Care Homes at Risk of Closure, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Local UEC Delivery Boards, Managing Transitions, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medically Fit for Discharge Ward (MFFD), Mobility Bundle, Musculoskeletal Ageing Research Program: Sydney Medical School Nepean, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Signal, Nepean Hospital (New South Wales), Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, NHS East of England 100 Day 100000 Patient Days Campaign, NHS South Warwickshire CCG, NIHR Signal, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nursing Department of Clínica FOSCAL (Bucaramanga Colombia), Nursing Department of Clínica: Palermo-Congregación de las Hermanas de la Caridad Dominicas de la Presentación de la Santísima Virgen, Operating Model for Therapy-Led Units (TLUs), Operational Models to Optimise Care of Patients Who are Medically Fit for Discharge (MFFD), Oxford Institute of Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Research (OxINMAHR), Palermo-Congregación de las Hermanas de la Caridad Dominicas de la Presentación de la Santísima Virgen (Bogotá Colombia), Patient Deconditioning Effect Related to Hospital Bed Rest (aka Pyjama Paralysis / PJ Paralysis), Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, PJ Paralysis, Post-Discharge Support, Proactive Specialist In-Reach, Professor Brian Dolan: Founder of Time-Valuing Movements, Professor Brian Dolan: Oxford Institute of Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Research (OxINMAHR), Pyjama Paralysis, Pyjama Paralysis on Hospital Wards, Re-ablement Services, Reablement, Reablement Guidance, Reablement Services, Real Time System Surveillance, Real Time System Surveillance Enabling Technology, Real Time System Surveillance Tools, Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement (RRR), Recovery Rehabilitation and Reablement Services, Red2Green, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Delayed Transfers of Care, Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Research Department and Nursing Department: Fundación Cardioinfantil - Instituto de Cardiología (Bogotá), SAFER Patient Flow Bundle, South Warwickshire Foundation Trust: Castle Brook Transitional Unit, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT), South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust: Wasps Team, Stranded Patient Metric, Surgical Wards: Frailty Care, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Sydney Medical School Nepean: University of Sydney, The Last 1000 Days: Poem / Video by Molly Case - Commissioned by Professor Jane Cummings, Therapy-Led Units, Therapy-Led Units for Patients Medically Fit for Discharge, Time-Valuing Movements: #endPJparalysis, Time-Valuing Movements: #last1000days, TLUs: Therapy-Led Units, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Transition Planning, Transitions, Transitions Between Health and Social Care, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, Warwick Hospital, Western Health (Australia), Where Best Next Campaign (NHS England August 2019), Where Best Next? Campaign (NHS England), Whole Winter Framework, Winter Framework, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures: Role of Community Health Services, Winter Support Package (2017), Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (Evergreen Ward), Yeovil District Hospital: Intermediate Care in Cookson’s Court Nursing Home
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Unsafe Discharges From Hospitals Breach NICE Guidelines (BBC News / PHSO)
Summary The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has reported on complaints received about hundreds of vulnerable and elderly patients, sometimes including those with dementia and / or frailty, who have been discharged inappropriately from hospital. It seems likely that … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, 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, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Adults With Social Care Needs, Ageing Population, Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Barriers and Challenges in Discharge Planning, Breakdowns or Failures in Communication, Care Transitions, Care Transitions Involving Adults With Social Care Needs, Care Transitions of Older People, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Care Planning, Collaborative Communication, Communication, Communication During Handovers, Compassionate Care, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Culture of Compassionate Care, Dame Julie Mellor: Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman Service, Deficient Checking and Oversight, Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Destination on Discharge, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Discharge, Discharge and Out of Hospital Care, Discharge at a Reasonable Time, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge From General Inpatient Hospital Settings, Discharge Guidelines, Discharge Information, Discharge Planning, Dysfunctional Patient Flow, Geriatric Assessment and Care, Handover, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Admissions, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Readmission Risk Factors, Improving Patient Safety, Information Sharing, Information Sharing: Care Plans, Information Sharing: Communication Needs, Integrated Discharge Process, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Managing Transitions, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Multi-Agency Collaboration, Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Partnership and Collaboration, Patient Dignity, Patient Safety, Patient Transitions of Care, Post-Discharge Support, Promoting Dignity in Dementia, Quality Improvement, Reducing Delayed Transfers of Care, Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, Safe and Compassionate Care, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Transition Planning, Transitions, Transitions Between Health and Social Care
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Barriers and Challenges in Discharge Planning (QNI / BBC News)
Summary The following report from the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) summarises known barriers and challenges which can prevent effective discharge from hospitals. Case studies illustrating best practice are supplied, along with recommendations. Full Text Link Reference Pellett, C. (2016). Discharge … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 2020 Vision 5 years on: Reassessing the Future of District Nursing, Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Adults With Social Care Needs, Ageing Population, Assertive In-Reach, Assertive In-Reach Teams, Assessment Before Discharge, Association of District Nurse Educators (ADNE), Barriers and Challenges in Discharge Planning, BBC Health News, Care Transitions, Care Transitions Involving Adults With Social Care Needs, Care Transitions of Older People, Collaboration, Collaborative Care, Collaborative Care Planning, Collaborative Communication, Communication, Coordinated Health and Social Care, D2A Model of Discharge for Frail Older People, Daily Transfers of Care (DTOC), Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DETOCs), Destination on Discharge, Discharge, Discharge at a Reasonable Time, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge From General Inpatient Hospital Settings, Discharge Guidelines, Discharge Information, Discharge Into the Care Sector, Discharge Planning, Discharge Records, Discharge Summaries, Discharge Support, Discharge to Assess (D2A) Model, Discharge to Assess Programme, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Geriatric Assessment and Care, Handover, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Admissions, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Readmission Risk Factors, Hospital-Based Multi-Disciplinary Teams, In-Reach Teams, Information Sharing, Information Sharing: Advance Care Plans, Information Sharing: Care Plans, Information Sharing: Communication Needs, Integrated Discharge Process, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, Management of Medicines, Managing Transitions, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medication Reviews, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Multi-Agency Collaboration, Multi-Disciplinary Teams, National District Nurses Network (NDNN), Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust, Partnership and Collaboration, Patient Transitions of Care, Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI), Queen’s Nurse Network (QNI), Rapid Assessment Team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Norfolk), Reducing Delayed Transfers of Care, Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, Serco / Suffolk Community Healthcare, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Transition Planning, Transitions, Transitions Between Health and Social Care, Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust, Workforce Development, Worthing Hospital: Welcome Home Packs
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Patient Transfers / Hospital Discharge Guideline (SCIE / NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new national guideline entitled “Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs (NG27)”. This guideline covers patient transitions … 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, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Admission to Hospital, Adults With Social Care Needs, Assessment at Home to Improve Hospital Discharge Success Rates, Assessment Before Discharge, Care Transitions, Care Transitions Involving Adults With Social Care Needs, Care Transitions of Older People, Communication, Coordinated Health and Social Care, Destination on Discharge, Discharge, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge Guidelines, Discharge Information, Discharge Into the Care Sector, Discharge Medicines Review Service, Discharge Planning, Discharge Records, Discharge Summaries, Discharge Support, Early Supported Discharge (ESD), Education and Staff Training, ESD: Early Supported Discharge, Geriatric Assessment and Care, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Admissions, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Passport, Hospital-Based Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Dietitians, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Doctors, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Housing Specialists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Mental Health Practitioners, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Nurses, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Pharmacists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Social Workers, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Specialists in the Person’s Conditions, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Therapists, Hospital‑Based Multidisciplinary Teams: Voluntary Sector Practitioners, Information Sharing, Information Sharing: Advance Care Plans, Information Sharing: Behavioural Issues (Triggers to Certain Behaviours), Information Sharing: Care Plans, Information Sharing: Communication Needs, Information Sharing: Communication Passport, Information Sharing: Current Medicines, Information Sharing: Hospital Passport, Information Sharing: Housing Status, Information Sharing: Named Carers and Next of Kin, Information Sharing: Other Profiles Containing Important Information About the Person’s Needs And Wishes, Information Sharing: Preferred Places of Care, Integrated Discharge Process, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Management of Medicines, Managing Transitions, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medication Reviews, Medicines Management, Medicines Optimisation, Medicines Reconciliation, Mental Health Interventions to Support Discharge From General Inpatient Hospital Settings, Multi-Disciplinary Teams, NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC), Patient Transitions of Care, Reablement, Recording Medicines, Reviewing Medicines, Self Management Support For People With Mental Health Difficulties, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Step Up, Step‑Up Facilities, TRAINING for Hospital and Social Care Practitioners, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Transition Planning, Transitions, Transitions Between Health and Social Care, Transitions into Care Home, Understanding and Improving Transitions of Older People: User and Care Centred Approach, Workforce Development
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Reducing Length of Stay in Hospitals (Nuffield Trust / Monitor)
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 →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Delirium, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Savings per Bed Day, Advance Planning, Alignment of Routine Follow-Up Intensity to Patient Risk Profiles, Assessment Before Discharge, Average Length of Stay (Hospitals), Bed Days, Bed Use (Acute Hospitals), Bed-Blockers, Bed-Blocking Patients (Non-Recommended Term), Blaylock Assessment, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Bundled Approaches, Care Bundle Approach, Care of Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Care Seven Days a Week, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Clinical Engagement, Communication During Handovers, Complex Discharge, Complex Needs, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Consultant Led Ward Rounds, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning, Continuous Monitoring, Culture of Assumed Trust and Professionalism, Culture: Constantly Challenging Preconceptions That Patients Need to be in Hospital, David Bennett: Chief Executive of Monitor, Day-of-Surgery Admission, Delirium Superimposed on Dementia, Dementia Care in the Acute District General Hospital, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in the Acute Hospital, Devolved Decision-Making, Discharge, Discharge Coordination, Discharge Coordinators, Discharge Planning, Discharge Seven Days a Week, Discharge Support, Early Discharge Support, Emergency Care Intensive Support Team, End-of-Life Care in Acute Hospitals, Enhanced Recovery, Enhanced Recovery (ER) Pathways, Enhanced Recovery Care Pathways, Enhanced Recovery Programmes (ERPs), Frail Older People With Complex Needs, Frailty Units, Frailty Units and Services, Greater Manchester Commissioning Support Unit, Handover, Handover Records, Healthcare Closer to Home (Monitor), Hospital Discharge, Hospital-Acquired Infections, Identification of Patients At Risk of Complex Discharge on Admission, Immobility, Impact of Delirium on Length of Stay, Impact of Dementia on Length of Stay, Improving Patient Flow, Improving Productivity in Elective Care: Operational Opportunities, Information Systems, Inpatient Palliative Care, Integrated Care for Older People With Complex Needs, Integrated Care Pathways, Integrated Discharge Process, Integrated Out-of-Hospital Care, Lean Enterprise Academy, Length of Stay, Length of Stay (LoS), Managing Transitions, Mayo Audit Tool: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Medical Care Assessment Protocol (MCAP), Monitor, Moving Healthcare Closer to Home, Multidisciplinary Patient Management, Multidisciplinary Team Care, Multidisciplinary Teams, National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Alignment of Routine Follow-Up Intensity to Patient Risk Profiles, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Day-of-Surgery Admission, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Optimised Theatre Scheduling and Management, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Proactive management of infections and readmissions, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Specialisation and Extended Roles in Theatre or Outpatient Procedure Teams, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Standardisation of Ward Care and Enhanced Recovery, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Stratification of Patients by Risk, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Streamlined Outpatients and Diagnostics, Nine Areas of Operational Improvement in Elective Care: Surgical Teams Informed and Supported to Use Theatres Effectively, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nutrition and Hydration, Oak Group and Greater Manchester Commissioning Support Unit, Optimised Theatre Scheduling and Management, Out-of-Hospital Care, Out-of-Hospital Services, Palliative Care, Patient Discharge, Patient flow, Patient Flow Within Hospitals, Patient Flows, Patient Handovers, Patient Transfer to Alternative Settings, Positive and Proactive Care, Pressure Ulcers: Prevention, Priorites Within Acute Hospitals, Proactive Care Plans, Proactive Case Management, Proactive management of infections and readmissions, Proactive Patient Management, Proactive Patient Rounds, Productivity in Elective Care, Quality Improvement, Reducing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Reducing Immobility, Rehabilitation in Acute Hospitals, Separating Elective Surgical Admissions, Seven Day Consultant Led Multidisciplinary Ward Rounds, Seven Day Services, Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day NHS Services, Seven-day Rounds and Supporting Services, Seven-Day Services in Hospital, Seven-Day Working, Shared Decision-Making, Short Stay Units for Elderly Patients, Short-Stay Observation and Assessment Units, Short-Stay Units, Single Point of Access (SPA), Smoother Patient Flows, SPA: Single Point of Access, Specialisation and Extended Roles in Theatre or Outpatient Procedure Teams, Specialist Frailty Services, Specialist Frailty Units, Staff Engagement, Standardisation of Ward Care and Enhanced Recovery, Stratification of Patients by Risk, Streamlined Outpatients and Diagnostics, Surgical Teams Informed and Supported to Use Theatres Effectively, Targeted Care, Tracking Patient Progress, Transition Planning, Transitions, Trends in Acute Activity: Trends to 2022, Trends in Emergency Admissions in England, Understanding Patient Flow in Hospitals (Nuffield Trust), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Ward Rounds, Weekend Ward Rounds, Whole System Patient Flows
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Transitions Between Health and Social Care (NICE)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is developing a social care guideline on coordinated transitions between health and social care, for use in England. The draft scope of this guideline on integrated care defines the aspects … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability in Health and Social Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care for People with Complex Needs, Adult Social Care Services, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Barriers to Integration, Birmingham and Solihull LINks, Care Bill 2013-14, Care Pathways (NICE), Care Planning, Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, Collaboration, Collaborative Commissioning, Collaborative Working, Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act (Qualifying Services), Community Care (Delayed Discharges) Act (CCDDA, Cross Sector Working, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Delayed Discharges, Delayed Transfers of Care, Discharge Planning, Emergency Hospital Treatment, Emergency Readmissions, Extra Care Housing, Guidance Development Group (NICE GDG), Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Act (2012), Health and Social Care Delivery Models, Health and Social Care Integration, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Social Care Services, Health and Social Care: Integration Transformation Fund, Hospital / Care and Support Interface, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Independence, Inpatient Health Settings, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care and Support: Our Shared Commitment, Integrating Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration Transformation Fund (ITF), Intermediate Care and Rehabilitation Units, Joined-Up Care, Length of Stay (LoS), Local Authorities, Managing Transitions, Mental Wellbeing, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Health and Social Care Act (2012), Nursing Homes, Nutrition Support, Occupational Therapy, Older People: Independence and Mental Wellbeing, Personal Budgets, Personalised Care Planning, Physiotherapy, Post-Discharge Support, Readmissions, Reducing Re-Admissions NHS Hospitals, Reducing Unnecessary Transitions, Referral and Assessment, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Care Pathways, Rehabilitation Services, Residential Care Homes, Self-Directed Support, Self-Directed Support for Long Term Conditions, Social Care Guidance Manual (NICE), Social Care Guidelines, Step-Down and Supported Housing, Telemonitoring, Therapeutic Services, Transition Planning, Transitions, Transitions Between Health and Social Care, Transitions into Care Home, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Using Telecare Effectively, Voluntary and Community Sector
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Dementia Care Review (Care Quality Commission)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced a dementia-themed inspection programme to investigate the quality of dementia care in England. About 150 care homes and acute hospitals will be inspected to check the care and support provided to people … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, 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, Mental Health, National, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care Home Inspections, Care Homes, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Care Transitions, Care Transitions of Older People, CQC Dementia Themed Inspection Programme 2013/14, CQC Hospital Inspections, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia-Themed CQC Inspection Programme, Hospital Inspections, Inspection Teams, Length of Stay (LoS), Mental Wellbeing, Physical Wellbeing, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Transitions, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Wellbeing
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Lifelong Neighbourhoods: Older People Add Value (URBED / Beth Johnson Foundation)
Summary This Housing LIN Viewpoint document by Nicholas Falk of URBED (a not-for-profit research and consultancy group) looks into how towns and cities can be re-designed to meet the needs of an ageing population. The underlying premise is that older people … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Housing LIN, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK
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Tagged Action for Market Towns, Age and Ageing, Age Readiness Project, Age Unlimited Programme, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Ageing Well, Beth Johnson Foundation, Co-Production, Community Activities, Community Engagement, Community Involvement, Community Life, Community Support, Coping Positively with Change, Coproduction Over Consumption (Values), Creating Community, Ecotowns, Freiburg, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Wellbeing, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Communities, Homes for Change (Hulme), Housing in Later Life, Housing Learning & Improvement Network (Housing LIN), Housing our Ageing Population Plan for Implementation (HAPPI2), Increasing Wellbeing, Intergenerational Fairness, Intergenerational Inequality, Intergenerational Mingling, Intergenerational Relations, Kidbrooke Village, Life Course Model of Ageing, Lifelong Neighbourhoods, Local Wellbeing, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mid-Life Health and Well-Being, Mid-Life Programme, Montpellier, Natural Communities, NESTA, New England Quarter, Nicholas Falk (URBED), North Staffordshire, Painswick, Personal Resilience, Positive Ageing, Positive Ageing Programme, Preventing Isolation, Quality of Life, Quality of Life Promotion, Reciprocity and Wellbeing, Resilience, Revitalising Town Centres, Smart Local Investment, Social Capital, Social Isolation, Social Isolation and Mortality in Older People, Social Well-Being, Stroud, Third Age, Todmorden, Totnes, Transition Towns, Transitions, University of Salford, Urban Renaissance, URBED, Wellbeing in Later Life
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