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A rapid response intermediate care service for older people with mental health problems
- Author:
- GOMERSALL Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 5.5.09, 2009, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This article follows the development of an intermediate care service for older people with mental health needs in North Yorkshire and assesses the impact of the service on patients, carers and referrers, and the availability of dedicated elderly mentally ill (EMI) beds.
Developing an intermediate care unit for older people with mental and physical illness
- Authors:
- MADARAS Andrew, HILTON Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 3.8.10, 2010, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
A 12-bed intermediate care rehabilitation unit for older people recovering from physical illness who have health problems is described. The Unit is in a 72 bed care home. It is nurse-led and also includes a physiotherapist, occupational therapist and senior mental health nurse in the team. promotes. Its ethos is to encourage independence and allow patients to achieve their objectives.
Home comforts
- Author:
- CASTLETON Beverly
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 21.09.06 Intelligence Supplement, 2006, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Prescribed telecare packages could help older or vulnerable people live at home safely for longer. The author asks why they are not more widely used, and looks at the successful experiences of North Surrey primary care trust.
Together they cracked it
- Author:
- TICKLE Louise
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.8.09, 2009, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
One of the adult care green paper's key messages was to use more joint working to provided better adult social care. This article reports on examples of practice. Torquay North Zone intermediate care team aim to reduce the risk of hospital stays and readmission by using a multi-disciplinary intermediate care team. Gloucester Council have commissioned a carers emergency scheme which provides trained support workers if carers are unable to get home. A short case study of the Essex reablement service is also provided.
Home advantage
- Author:
- DAVIS Rowenna
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.1.09, 2009, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A unique multi-agency teams has set up a service that reduces pressure on hospital beds by allowing older people to receive medical treatment in their own home. This article at the Welsh initiative operated by Torfaen Intermediate Care Services.
The essential carer's guide
- Author:
- JORDAN Mary
- Publisher:
- Hammersmith Press
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 232p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Illustrated with individual case stories, this book covers physical, social, and financial needs, across the stages of immediate, intermediate and advanced care. It is useful as a practical companion for those caring for, or responsible for the care of, an elderly friend or relative.
Intermediate care service in extra care sheltered housing
- Author:
- HOUSING LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT NETWORK
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(4), December 2005, pp.13-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This case study gives an example of an integrated intermediate care service providing short-term, intensive support and assistance combined with the facilities and services offered by extra care sheltered housing. The service aims to prevent hospital admissions and to facilitate quicker and more flexible hospital discharge for older people who need rehabilitation or who cannot return directly to their own home. The service located in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
Changing models of health and social care
- Authors:
- AUDITOR GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND, ACCOUNTS COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Audit Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report identifies new local models of care in Scotland which are shifting the balance of care from hospitals to more homely and community-based settings. It aims to help to support new integrated authorities to implement new ways of working, address the challenges facing health and social care services and help increase the pace of change. The report draws on: analysis of national and local information to help hospitals, councils and community-based services to identify pressures in the system, including performance, activity and financial data; projection analysis to estimate the potential effect of increasing pressures in health and social care; desk research and interviews. Part 1 looks at the increasing pressures facing health and social care in Scotland. It highlights an increase in the numbers of older people complex health and social care needs, an increase in emergency hospital admissions, and how services need to adapt to cope with the effects of a changing population. Part 2 highlights examples of some of the new approaches to providing health and social care, which shifting the balance of care from hospitals to more homely and community-based settings. These include: community preventative approaches, enhanced community care models, intermediate care models, and initiatives designed to reduce delayed discharges. Part 3 looks at what still needs to be done to achieve the transformational change needed to deliver the Scottish Government’s 2020 Vision for health and social care and actions required to address them. It concludes that a lack of national leadership and clear planning is preventing the wider change urgently needed if Scotland’s health and social care services are to adapt to increasing pressures. Two supplements accompany the report, which provide details of the case studies referenced in the report and a model of East Lothian’s whole-system approach. (Edited publisher abstract)
Telecare outcomes and mainstreaming: summary of responses by social care authorities to CSCI performance assessment 2008
- Author:
- DH CARE NETWORKS. Telecare Learning and Improvement Network
- Publisher:
- DH Care Networks. Telecare Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Since the time of data collection (April/May 2008), a number of other Local Authority/Primary Care Trust partnerships have been developing telehealth programmes. These have not been included in this report but can be identified through updates in the telecare newsletters. Some of the responses indicate that the service had not commenced at the time of the data collection but were planned for 2008 and beyond. The responses generally relate to small pilots (between 5 and 50 users) at the time of data collection.