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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.
NICE guidance on preventing and assessing falls in older people
- Author:
- HAINSWORTH Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 7.12.04, 2004, pp.28-30.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Falls in older people are a significant problem causing both injury and loss of independence. New guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence on the assessment and prevention of falls clearly sets out evidence-based practice and is supported by patient and carer information that highlights the need for a patient-centred approach to falls prevention.
Taking the tablet
- Author:
- COLE Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 28.09.04, 2004, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports from Havering Council on the computerised scheme designed to ease the introduction of the single assessment process (SAP).
Tooling up
- Author:
- GLASSMAN Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 30.3.04, 2004, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at the tools which have been introduced to help social care professionals implement the single assessment process (SAP) and reports on progress so far.
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.
Occupational therapy in geriatrics
- Author:
- ŠIMUNOVIĆ Dubravka
- Journal article citation:
- Ljetopis Studijskog Centra Socijalnog Rada, 11(2), 2004, pp.289-299.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
- Place of publication:
- Zagreb
This article discusses the role of the occupational therapist in rehabilitation intervention for geriatrics. [Article in Croatian].
Interrater reliability of the outcomes and assessment information set: results from the field
- Authors:
- MADIGAN Elizabeth A., FORTINSKY Richard H.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 44(5), October 2004, pp.689--692.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) is now used extensively for regulatory, reimbursement, research, and clinical purposes in home health care. However, little is known about the interrater reliability of OASIS items based on assessments from home-health-agency clinicians. Therefore, the authors evaluated OASIS item interrater reliability among 88 patients from 21 agencies. Of 25 items studied, all except 2 had weighted kappa values of 0.60. We conclude that OASIS item interrater reliability was highly adequate in this study, but the authors recommend routine interrater-reliability evaluation by agencies to maximize the quality of OASIS data nationally.
Examining the effectiveness and suitability of referral and assessment in intermediate care services
- Authors:
- KOTIADIS K., CARPENTER G.I., MACKENZIE M.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 12(4), August 2004, pp.42-48.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Demonstrates how a single assessment tool can be linked to intermediate care services eligibility criteria to examine referrals and admissions. Reports on a project in east Kent involving implementing a standardised patient assessment tool for three months in all intermediate services, to examine the suitability of patients entering each service. Focuses on the results of the community assessment rehabilitation team, a recuperative care centre and the day hospital. Analysis showed that some patients in all services were placed inappropriately, most evidently in the day hospital. Concludes with considerations and suggestions for improving the effectiveness of assessment tools in practice.
Down on your needs
- Author:
- GREEN Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 20.5.04, 2004, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Discusses how health and social care services are failing to provide mandatory assessments of older patients' needs before discharge. This often results in many patients being placed in inappropriate accommodation.