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Leaving hospital revisited: a follow-up study of a group of older people who were discharged from hospital in March 2004
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This new report on the experiences of older people after leaving hospital reveals that decisions that are made at the time of discharge from hospital can have long-term consequences. The report finds that very few people who go into residential care at this time return to their own homes, and that older people are less likely to need residential care if the right support and rehabilitation is offered to them on leaving hospital. The report from CSCI calls for a 'genuinely comprehensive preventative approach' to give more practical support and care to all older people, in order to maintain and enhance their quality of life and independence. The study on which the report is based stresses the importance to older people of being cared for by one carer they know really well, rather than a succession of strangers; of better contingency planning to avoid repeated yet avoidable hospital readmissions; of having a focus on rehabilitation rather than just administering care; and of supporting people to live their lives independently in their own homes, rather than always opting for residential care.
Handled with care?: managing medication for residents of care homes and children's homes: a follow up study
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The evidence from this report is that homes are still not placing enough importance on this critical area of care. In March 2004, the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC), a predecessor organisation to CSCI, reported on homes’ performance on managing medication. The report identified significant deficiencies in homes’ performance and practice and was instrumental in focusing attention on the need for homes to take urgent remedial action. The key areas of poor performance identified in the NCSC report were; wrong medication being given to residents; poor recording of medicines received and administered; medicines being inappropriately handled by unqualified staff; medicines being stored inappropriately. The report shows that there has been some slight improvement in performance overall, with the exception of nursing homes for older people. But the rate of improvement in such a crucial area of care has been disappointingly slow, with nearly half the care homes for older people and younger adults, providing 210,000 places for residents, still not meeting the minimum standard relating to medication. The primary responsibility for this failure rests with the homes themselves.
Professional advice: training care workers to safely administer medicines in care homes
- Author:
- COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Commission for Social Care Inspection
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance gives inspectors a guide to good practice in how care providers should train care workers to safely administer medicines in care homes.