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Planning care in mental health nursing
- Authors:
- TUMMEY Robert, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 273p.
- Place of publication:
- Basingstoke
At present, there is little practical information that outlines detailed approaches to the planning element of care. This practical text provides a systematic overview of the process of planning care for specific client groups and interventions. It draws on the experience of good practice, and explores areas such as assessment process, theoretical framework, and practice development. This book outlines the skills necessary to plan care and allows the reader to benefit from improving and developing practice that is proven.
Hospital discharge and human rights: a practitioner's guide
- Authors:
- BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ST MARTIN TOURS HOUSING ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Human Rights
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide covers human rights and discharging people from mental health hospitals and is aimed at practitioners supporting people before, during or after discharge. It aims to provide practitioners with the knowledge to use human rights in practice, to design and deliver rights-respecting services. It focuses on three key issues for hospital discharge: delayed discharge from hospital, premature discharge from hospital, and discharge into an appropriate setting. It aims to promote independence and well-being, in the least restrictive setting possible; promoting recovery; focusing on the needs and wishes of the person and promoting autonomy. The guide is part of a series of toolkits on mental health/capacity and should be read in conjunction with ‘Mental health, mental capacity and human rights: a practitioner's guide’. (Edited publisher abstract)
Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community and care home settings: NG53
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Place of publication:
- London
Guideline providing practice advice on admissions and discharges between mental health acute hospital settings and community or care home settings for children, young people and adults of all ages. It considers how person-centred care and support should be planned and delivered during admission to, and discharge from, mental health hospitals. It also addresses how services should work together and with the person, their family and carers, to ensure transitions are timely, appropriate and safe. It aims to help people who use mental health services, and their families and carers, to have a better experience of transition by improving the way it is planned and carried out. Recommendations cover: overarching principles for good transition, planning for hospital admission and discharge, out-of-area admissions, and support for families and carers throughout admission. It highlights the importance of building relationships with people as early as possible, involving people in decisions when they are going into and out of hospital, and for people admitted to a hospital out-of-area to have a named practitioner assigned from the person’s home area who will work closely with their hospital team. The guideline will be relevant for providers of care and support in inpatient and community mental health and social care services; front-line practitioners and managers, commissioners of mental health services, and people who use inpatient and community mental health services, their families and carers. (Edited publisher abstract)
Dual diagnosis in mental health inpatient and day hospital settings: guidance on the assessment and management of patients in mental health inpatient and day hospital settings who have mental ill-health and substance use problems
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance covers the assessment and clinical management of patients with mental illness being cared for in psychiatric inpatient or day care settings who also use or misuse alcohol and/or illicit or other drugs. It also covers organisational and management issues to help mental health services manage these patients effectively.
Good practice in adult mental health
- Editors:
- RYAN Tony, PRITCHARD Jacki
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 352p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This text is a guide to good practice within adult mental health care, providing a comprehensive introduction to mental health and illness. It is designed to aid mental health professionals and workers, agencies, and any individuals coming in to contact with mental illness, in recognising a mental health need or problem and offering appropriate support. This is an introduction written by practitioners, and also draws from the personal experiences of service users and carers, providing up-to-date and topical material covering major issues such as: the concepts of mental health, illness and recovery; advocacy and empowerment; legal and policy issues relating to practice; gender and ethnicity in mental health; violence and abuse. The range of this book makes it a resource for mental health practitioners, whether experienced or new to the field, support workers, students, and anyone interested in understanding the complexities of mental illness and the mental health system.
Mental health policy implementation guide: national minimum standards for general adult services in psychiatric intensive care units (PICU) and low secure environments
- Editors:
- PEREIRA Stephen, CLINTON Colum
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In May 2001 the PICU Policy Research and Development Group based at NELMHT were specially commissioned by the Department of Health to produce National PICU Standards. The Group initiated a PICU and Low Secure Practice Development Network. This Network, which consisted of a multidisciplinary group of professionals and user representatives from around the UK, met for 9 consensus workshops between May 2001 and January 2002. The aim of the workshops was to develop standards for psychiatric intensive care and low secure environments. The remit of the group was to: identify and agree standards for psychiatric intensive care and low secure services; and identify general good practice guidance for each of the standards. The objective of developing these standards is to provide users, clinicians, managers, and commissioners with a dynamic framework for delivering high quality services. Through standard setting and evaluation, services can be clear about where they are and what they are aiming for.