Supporting hospital discharge in Neath and Port Talbot: an integrated approach to reablement

Authors:
LEE Peter, WALTERS Leanne, DAVIES Catherine
Publisher:
Housing Learning and Improvement Network
Publication year:
2015
Pagination:
4
Place of publication:
London

This case study takes a detailed look at the new Residential Reablement Unit at Gwalia Llys y Seren in Port Talbot. Opened in July 2014, it is an innovative service commissioned by Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and is achieving significant results. The unit has seen 78 admissions of whom 70 per cent were able to return to their own homes. Of those people returning home almost 9 out of 10 would ordinarily have been on the pathway to residential care were it not for the intervention of the reablement unit. The commitment is for community services, alongside health and social care to provide an integrated model of 24 hour care for patients clinically discharged from acute care who require reablement support and additional recovery time to establish appropriate discharge arrangements to suit individual needs. (Edited publisher abstract)

Subject terms:
residential care, hospital discharge, reablement, integrated services, case studies;
Content type:
practice example
Location(s):
Wales
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