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Pulling together
- Author:
- STRONG Susannah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.94, 1994, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Evidence that the quality of hospital discharge for older people is uneven has led to a new, practical workbook from the Department of Health. Reports on the circumstances which prompted its publication.
Community care and the Griffiths Report : hospital discharge of frail elderly people as a test case
- Authors:
- RUSSELL Jim, BRENTON Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Policy Making, 15(3), December 1988, pp.27-37.
- Publisher:
- University of Birmingham. Institute of Local Government Studies
Summarises the Audit Commission's 'Making a reality out of community care' and the recommendations of the Griffiths report and relates them to the research based in the South Glamorgan Hospital Discharge Service.
Back home: hospital discharge of elderly people in West Birmingham
- Author:
- WEST BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- West Birmingham Community Health Council
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 47p., tables, diags.
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
Drawing the line
- Author:
- WHITELEY Philip
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.10.96, 1996, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author reports on how two rows over bed-blocking by elderly patients have cooled, but they may be just the start of a series of disputes which are likely to arise as winter beckons and budgets tighten.
Continuing care: continuing concern
- Author:
- ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Social Services
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 16p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Northallerton
Report outlining the Association's views, concerns and aspirations about the care of older people, and in particular, an examination of the issues surrounding continuing care.
Key task 3: hospital discharges
- Authors:
- STATHAM Daphne, HARDING Tessa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.1.93, 1993, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Elderly people are being discharged from hospital 'quicker and sicker' requiring more continuing care. Outlines procedures for discharge planning.
Hospital discharge and community care: early days
- Authors:
- HENWOOD Melanie, WISTOW Gerald
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 58p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report based on a study of 6 English localities which were believed to have well advanced arrangements for the hospital discharge of older people. Provides a snapshot of the position around April 1993 when community care changes were starting to be implemented. Points up issues for continuing concern, as well as elements of good practice.
Leaving hospital: elderly people and their discharge to community care
- Authors:
- NEILL June, WILLIAMS Jenny
- Publisher:
- HMSO/National Institute for Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 179p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Describes the experiences of a small group of people aged 75 years and over, during the time of their discharge from hospital and their first few weeks at home. Contains views and suggestions from the elderly people themselves, their carers and from the home help organisers and home helps who were in touch with them. The study underlines some of the communication problems between hospital and community care services. Implications for policy and practice are outlined.
Commission on hospital care for frail older people: main report
- Author:
- HSJ/SERCO COMMISSION ON HOSPITAL CARE FOR FRAIL OLDER PEOPLE
- Publisher:
- Health Service Journal
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
A report from the HSJ/Serco Commission, addressing the problem of how the NHS should care for the country's increasing number of frail older people. The commission's central conclusion is that hospital providers and commissioners should not rely on government plans for greater integration between health and social care as a solution - they must and can take action now themselves to tackle the problem. The report sets out five key findings: there is a myth that providing more and better care for frail older people in the community, increasing integration between health and social care services and pooling health and social care budgets will lead to significant, cashable financial savings in the acute hospital sector and across health economies; the commonly made assertion that better community and social care will lead to less need for acute hospital beds is probably wrong as improving community care may postpone the need for hospital care, but it will make frail older people neither invincible nor immortal; more realism is needed in the debate about the quality and quantity of care that can be provided in an environment of funding that is declining relative to demand; hospitals should not be used to provide care that should more appropriately be provided elsewhere; while acute hospital admission is often the right thing to do for frail older people, being in hospital also creates risks for older people and hospitals need to gear up to provide the very best care for frail older people, who are now their most frequent users, involving geriatricians from the start of the admission together with the other appropriate specialists. Alongside the report HSJ has published a series of case studies showing good practice from around the NHS. Further evidence that led to the commissioners' conclusions and a full bibliography is also available. (Edited publisher abstract)
Hospital to community transitions for adults: discharge planners and community service providers’ perspectives
- Authors:
- CHAPIN Rosemary Kennedy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Health Care, 53(4), 2014, pp.311-329.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Discharges from the hospital to community-based settings are more difficult for older adults when there is lack of communication, resource sharing, and viable partnerships among service providers in these settings. The researchers captured the perspectives of three different groups of participants from hospitals, independent living centres, and Area Agencies on Aging, which has rarely been done in studies on discharge planning. Findings include identification of barriers in the assessment and referral process (e.g., timing of discharge, inattention to client goals, lack of communication and partnerships between hospital discharge planners and community providers), and strategies for overcoming these barriers. Implications are discussed including potential for Medicaid and Medicare cost reductions due to fewer re-hospitalisations. (Edited publisher abstract)