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Avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions: the Wandsworth community ward
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
This film explores the impact that a community ward can have on the health and wellbeing of older people with complex health care needs. The experience of being supported by the multidisciplinary team that staffs the virtual ward is presented through the stories of Mr Clark and Mr and Mrs Dennison. With a GP at the centre of the team, Wandsworth's approach brings together a social worker, advanced nurse practitioner, pharmacist and community matron and makes effective use of telehealth to monitor the physical wellbeing of individuals. Both Mr Clark and the Dennisons also receive social care support and are strong supporters of the community ward approach. Although the cost impact of this initiative is not yet fully known, anecdotal evidence suggests that it is helping to avoid some hospital admissions, whilst providing improved outcomes for the individuals receiving support. The film will be of interest to health and social care commissioners and managers; GPs and community health professionals; social workers; service users and carers.
Avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions: the headlines
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
This film explores the challenge of reducing hospital admissions for older people through contributions from a range of health and social care experts. Their reflections highlight the complex health needs of older people in this country, the need for responsive and joined up health and social care services, and the role that home care staff can play in helping to identify deteriorating conditions that may result in a hospital admission. The film acknowledges that at a crisis point, hospital admission may be the only safe alternative but argues that integrated care, well-managed hospital stays, improved health provision in care homes, reablement, and self-management of health conditions can all play a part in reducing hospital admissions. The film will be of interest to health and social care commissioners and managers; social workers; GPs and community nurses; health and social care providers; health and social care policy leads.
Avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions among older people: residential care
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
As care homes now support some of the most frail and ill older people in this country, they need to plan and deliver care carefully if they are to avoid adding to the numbers needing hospital admissions. This film presents the approach of Lime Court Care Home, who have introduced a number of new policies and practices with the specific aim of reducing hospital admissions amongst their residents. Lead by manager Mike Richardson, Lime Court have focussed on infection control, mental health support, reducing falls, better medication management, nutrition and planning for end of life care. The attention placed on each of these areas, combined with increased community health input and a stable team able to provide continuity and consistency of care, has enabled Lime Court to significantly reduce hospital admissions whilst improving outcomes for residents. The film will be useful for care home managers; care home staff; health and social care commissioners; GPs and community health professionals; people using services and carers.
Assessment and management of risk in adults and older people
- Authors:
- TITTERTON Mike, SMART Helen
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 200p.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The most pressing concern a professional faces when working with vulnerable individuals is that of making decisions concerning risk. Professionals are increasingly called upon to justify and account for the judgements that they make concerning the safeguarding and welfare of adults and older people. This pack provides a step-by-step guide for trainers working with care professionals to effectively deal with risk decisions concerning the safeguarding and welfare of adults and older people. The training comprises 4 modules, each based on a specific stage of the risk assessment and management programme: positive risk taking; risk assessment; risk management; and putting it all together. The modules are broken down into training sessions which include case studies, exercises and handouts to support the presentation material and training notes. The theory behind the training contests the negative understandings of risk found in professional practice, policy and research, and proposes positive concepts that embrace risk enablement. It seeks to promote principles based on the rights of people at risk of harm to make choices about risk and risk taking. The pack includes a CD-Rom containing trainer’s notes, handouts, and a ringbinder with colour laminated dividers.
Defining excellence: excellence in domiciliary care
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
Service users get together with a social care academic and a leader in the home care sector to discuss how excellence can be achieved in domiciliary care. We see examples of excellence in support offered to older people, people with learning disabilities and people with physical disabilities in their own homes. Much of the focus is on the relationship between staff members and the people they support because getting that right is fundamental to excellent care. This film has now been revised and is available under the new title 'Quality in social care: achieving excellence in home care'.
Defining excellence: what is excellence?
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
In this film service users and academics explore SCIE's Social Care TV films for examples to illustrate the notion of excellence in social care. Excellence is about giving people choice and control over their lives, ensuring they have good relationships with those around them – family and friends, and staff – and supporting people to spend their time purposefully and enjoyably. The panel look at examples of social care in different settings and with different people, to see how excellence can be achieved. This film has now been revised and is now available under the title 'Quality in social care: what is excellence'.
Defining excellence: excellence in residential settings: older people
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
Focusing on activities in a residential home for older people, some of them with dementia, this film explores how excellence can be achieved in residential settings. A panel of service users and social care academics analyses the support offered in the home, and assesses where and how it constitutes excellence. The panel discusses how standards of care across the sector can be raised so that all older people can experience the level of care demonstrated in this home. This film has been revised and is now available under the title ' Quality in social care: achieving excellence in care homes for older people'.
Find Me Good Care
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
Find Me Good Care is a website to help people to make choices about care and support for themselves or other adults in England. This includes care and support at home and in a residential setting. The site combines advice and information about choosing care with a comparable database of services. It also allows you to create your own Good Care Planner online so that you can save all the information that you find most useful in one place. The site has three main sections: a care planner to help plan care and support for yourself or someone else; a search facility to allow you to search for care and support services across England; information on paying for care and care costs. The site is developed and managed by the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
Integration: clinical commissioning groups and long-term conditions
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
This film presents two case studies which look at how clinical commissioning groups led by GPs can work with social care to improve outcomes for people with long-term conditions. The first case study is based in Bromley by Bow, East London, and features the Pollen project. This is an innovative community organisation that supports people to improve their health and wellbeing and achieve their full potential in one of the most deprived areas of London. The second case study is based in rural Norfolk at the North Elmham Surgery. It describes how working with the local adult social care department has dramatically reduced the number of unnecessary emergency admissions of frail, older people to hospital. The film finishes with a reminder from Professor Peter Beresford that separate health and social care systems make meaning integration difficult but is crucial to improving people's experiences and quality of life.