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Achieving person-centred care for older people: champions for older people project
- Author:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. West Midlands
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. West Midlands
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- loose leaf
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
The aim of this project is to have a champion in all care environments where older people receive care. The champions, who are experienced nurses and allied health professionals, attend an intensive two-day workshop of master classes by expert speakers with a focus on addressing values, attitudes and dignity. The intention is to improve care and support for older people; reduce stays in hospital; build reassurance and confidence in the care provided for older people in hospitals and other care environments; provide a proactive workforce to care effectively for a rising ageing population; and reduce the number of complaints.
Quick guide: allied health professionals enhancing health for people in care homes
- Author:
- NHS ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- NHS England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- Redditch
A guide to support local health and social care systems in improving the health of people living in care homes. It includes case studies of how allied health professions (AHP) can support implementation and roll-out of the framework for enhanced health in care homes. The case studies highlight how timely access to AHP services support personalised care, independence, and reduce avoidable admission to urgent care services. Areas covered include: enhancing primary care support for care homes; supporting hydration and nutrition; providing reablement and rehabilitation; improving end of life care and dementia care; and making better use of technology. The case studies also illustrate how AHPs can support further development of the skills and expertise held by care home staff. (Edited publisher abstract)
Providing enhanced healthcare in care homes: a guide to replicating our model
- Author:
- NHS NEWCASTLE GATESHEAD CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP
- Publisher:
- NHS Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 13
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Outlines the Enhanced Health in Care Home model (EHCH) operating in the Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group area, which uses a virtual ward multi-disciplinary approach to delivering health care in care homes, with rapid access to specialist health services. It provides details of the service, what is required to set it up and the benefits it can provide. Benefits cited include a reduction in avoidable hospital admissions, reduced A&E attendances, and reduced GP home visits. It also shares potential problems and solutions, successes and dangers. The guide will be useful for local service providers and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are considering establishing an Enhanced Health in Care Home model (EHCH) in their own area. (Edited publisher abstract)
Older offenders: the challenge of providing services to those aging in prison
- Author:
- SAUNDERS Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Prison Service Journal, 208, 2013, pp.43-48.
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Prison Service of England and Wales
HMP Whatton prison is a treatment centre for 841 sex offenders delivering accredited cognitive behavioural programmes. This article describes the innovations and improvisations made at HMP Whatton in order to meet the needs of an expanding population of older men. It focus on the ways in which the prison has responded to the needs of its older prisoners in three important areas: regimes and activities; health care, social care and dying inside; and preparation for release. The article also comments on the outcomes for prisoners and discusses how this reflects the wider culture of the establishment. (Original abstract)
The INTERLINKS Framework for long-term care of older people in Europe
- Author:
- BILLINGS Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 21(3), 2013, pp.126-138.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose - This paper describes the methodological approach to and outcomes of a European multi-consortium EU 7th Framework funded project entitled ‘INTERLINKS’. The project sought to develop a concept and method to describe and analyse long-term care and its links with the health and social care systems, and formal and informal care. Design/methodology/approach - Through the development of a template, it accumulated and validated practice examples that described good policy and practice, transferable across EU Member States. Findings - The outcome was to assemble a range of themes, sub-themes and 135 key issues into a web-based Framework for Long Term Care (LTC) that is illustrated by over a hundred examples of validated practice in LTC for older people. Research limitations/implications - Key messages emanating from the project are provided, with an emphasis on the need for greater investment and pluralist evaluation of initiatives that seek to address the interfaces and links between care services. Originality/value - The project is unique in that is provides a comprehensive and accessible interactive European database of policy and projects that directly address the problems of interfaces between service provision for older people, and contributes towards the evidence base in discrete areas of LTC. (Publisher abstract)
National End of Life Care Programme social care workstream: report from the NEOLCP social care leads to the Social Care Advisory Group 16 November 2011
- Author:
- NHS. National End of Life Care Programme
- Publisher:
- NHS. National End of Life Care Programme
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In July 2010 the National End of Life Care Programme published its social care framework “Supporting people to live and die well: a framework for social care at the end of life”. Phase 1 of the implementation of the framework took place between September 2010 and June 2011. Roadshows took place in each of the ADASS nine regions, along with the commissioning and piloting of eight social care test site projects. The framework had ten key objectives: identify and raise awareness of the role of social care in supporting people at the end of their life; facilitate commissioning and delivery of person‐centred, integrated care; embed end of life care within commissioning and inspection frameworks and standards for practice; strengthen the specialism of palliative care social work; promote understanding and best practice in holistic assessment of individuals, their carers and families at the end of life; promote earlier end of life care planning that builds on a holistic understanding of well‐being; educate and train social care staff to deliver high quality end of life care; create a supportive work environment that enables social care workers to maximise their contribution to quality end of life care; promote supportive communities through engagement with a wide range of community services; work jointly with research commissioners and funders to establish a robust evidence base for good practice in social care support at the end of life.
Telecare: making a difference to people's lives in North Yorkshire
- Author:
- DH CARE NETWORKS. Care Services Efficiency Delivery
- Publisher:
- DH Care Networks. Care Services Efficiency Delivery
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
North Yorkshire, in 2005, conducted a pilot to investigate if technology could safeguard vulnerable people’s risks in both a very rural area and an urban conurbation. Forty two people were included on the pilot with whom the local authorities tried different equipment in different situations. Systems and processes were developed that were compatible with North Yorkshire’s care management processes. Feedback from users and carers confirmed that telecare reduced people’s anxiety about living with risk, allowing better quality time with their relatives, gave carers a break, and improved their sleep patterns as they were not worrying if their relative was at risk. North Yorkshire has now rolled out telecare to all people needing Adult and Community Services. As at October 2009, over 2000 vulnerable people in North Yorkshire have benefited from the use of telecare add-ons over and above the 12,500 plus lifelines distributed via district councils. This report outlines this initiative, and describes the approach taken by North Yorkshire to use evolving technology, and includes several brief case studies as examples.
Delivering a gold standard of care at the end of life
- Author:
- THOMAS Keri
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Care Services Management, 3(2), January 2009, pp.155-163.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In 2008, the Government published its End of Life Care Strategy. Training care workers to deliver the best possible service to the dying was one of the strategy’s key priorities. The Gold Standards Framework in Care Homes (GSFCH), is a coordinated programme to improve the quality of care and the communication between homes and health professionals, and to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions. Already widely used in primary care, GSFCH has now been implemented in more than 600 homes across the UK and research shows it is achieving its targets. This paper outlines how GSFCH works and the benefits it provides for patients, their relatives, staff and home managers and owners.
Implementing an extra care housing strategy in Oxfordshire: delivering system change
- Author:
- COOPER Martin
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This case study offers an overview of Oxfordshire County Council's experience in putting their Extra Care Housing Strategy into practice, drawing on interviews with key Council players and their partners.
Screening reaps the rewards
- Author:
- JACOB Nina
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.11.07, 2007, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author visits ExtraCare's Reeve Court Village in Mersyside, whose prevention approach to the health of residents has won it recognition and praise within the healthcare sector.