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Review of the early implementation of the Resource Use Measure (RUM) (summary)
- Author:
- CRAIGFORTH CONSULTANTS
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study was commissioned to consider the early implementation of the Resource Use Measure (RUM), to identify emerging issues and how the early implementation sites had responded. The RUM was originally intended as a tool for determining entitlement to free nursing care, promoting fare access and equitable distribution of resources for older people. It is now used to measure the relative need of older people over 65 years including those with mental health problems and dimentia and/or associated behaviour.
Review of the early implementation of the Resource Use Measure (RUM) (full text)
- Author:
- CRAIGFORTH CONSULTANTS
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study was commissioned to consider the early implementation of the Resource Use Measure (RUM), to identify emerging issues and how the early implementation sites had responded. The RUM was originally intended as a tool for determining entitlement to free nursing care, promoting fare access and equitable distribution of resources for older people. It is now used to measure the relative need of older people over 65 years including those with mental health problems and dimentia and/or associated behaviour.
Community care assessments: language and older people - hearing is not always understanding
- Author:
- BARRETT David
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 2(3), August 1993, pp.5-10.
Considers whether those undertaking assessments of older people perceive what is being said to them, and whether they interpret the meanings correctly.
Improving oral health for adults in care homes
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
This quick guide, developed for care home managers and their staff, explains how to achieve good oral health for people who live in care homes. Based on the NICE guideline on oral health for adults in care homes, it covers: how poor oral health can affect people’s ability to eat, speak and socialise normally; how to carry out an oral health assessment; the knowledge and skills care staff need to know to support residents maintain good oral health; and what the Care Quality Commission expects from care homes. The guide includes an oral health assessment tool and provides links to further information. (Edited publisher abstract)
The assessment of pain in older people: national guidelines
- Authors:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY, BRITISH PAIN SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Pain is a subjective, personal experience, and its assessment is particularly challenging in the presence of severe cognitive impairment, communication difficulties or language and cultural barriers. As a result it is often under-recognised and under-treated in older people. These guidelines form part of a series intended to inform those aspects of physicians’ clinical practice which may be outside their own specialist area and are designed to help them make rapid, informed decisions. The advice is based on synthesis of the best available evidence and expert consensus gathered from practising clinicians and service users. The guidelines set out the key components of assessing pain in older people, together with a variety of practical scales that may be used with different groups, including those with cognitive or communication impairment. The purpose is to provide professionals with a set of practical skills to assess pain as the first step towards its effective management. The guidance is relevant to all healthcare and social care staff and can be applied in a wide variety of settings, including the older person’s own home, in care homes, and in hospital.
Guidance on: the assessment of pain in older people
- Authors:
- BRITISH PAIN SOCIETY, BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
- Publishers:
- British Pain Society, British Geriatrics Society
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The British Pain Society has worked with the British Geriatrics Society and the Royal College of Physicians to produce new concise guidance on 'The assessment of pain in older people'. The guidelines have been developed to provide: recommendations in simple and clear terms for assessing pain in all older people; several types of scales that can be photocopied and used to assist in assessments, to monitor progress and evaluate the effect of treatment; and an algorithm for simple implementation of the guidance.
Prevalence, causes and impact of sight loss in older people in Britain
- Author:
- THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST
- Publisher:
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication summarises findings relating to vision from cross-sectional analyses of the Medical Research Council (MRC) 'Trial of the Assessment and Management of Older People in the Community’. The population-based MRC trial studies the prevalence, causes and impact of vision loss in a large representative sample of older people in Britain.
Risky business?
- Author:
- NEUBERGER Julia
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.04.05, 2005, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author argues that social care professionals are erring on the side of caution with risk assessments as we live in an increasingly fear-driven system; particularly in the case of mental health workers. Highlights the problem and the effect it may have on older people's services as demographics change.
Lack of national guidance blamed for delays to single assessments
- Author:
- HAYES Derren
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.03.04, 2004, pp.16-17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how many councils fail to meet April's deadline to introduce a single assessment process (SAP) for older people. There is some evidence to suggest that this is because local authorities have been allowed to develop their own local systems rather than adopt a national standard.
Strange ways
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.5.02, 2002, pp.44-45.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Presents a case study of an eccentric older man and looks at how his social worker and community psychiatric nurse supported and protected him.