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National audit of intermediate care 2012
- Author:
- NHS BENCHMARKING NETWORK
- Publisher:
- NHS Benchmarking Network
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The National Audit of Intermediate Care was launched in November 2011 as a partnership project which includes the Royal College of Nursing. The audit aims to take a whole system view of the effectiveness of intermediate care services and the contribution made to demand management across health and social care systems in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The audit highlights wide variation in service models being used nationally with differences evident in the extent of multiagency integration, the scale of services provided, and how intermediate care sits within the full range of health and community services, in each local health economy. People with dementia are not systematically excluded from intermediate care but may be under represented amongst intermediate care service users. The cost of an intermediate care bed day reported by commissioners ranged from an average of £136 in residential care homes to an average of £252 per bed day in community hospitals. Also, mental health workers are rarely included in the establishment of intermediate care teams.
Day services for older people: quality and effectiveness: a resource for providers and commissioners
- Author:
- AGE CONCERN
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 61p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Age UK, the largest independent sector provider of day services to older people in England, have developed this research to share with providers, commissioners and funders. The resource is a generic set of standards that apply to day care. Providers are encouraged to adopt the standards to suit the particular services they offer. The standards are arranged in seven sections, structured according to six outcomes in the Commission for Social Care Inspection framework with an additional outcome for carers: living the life I choose; being a valued member of the community; being treated with dignity and respect; feeling safe and secure; being healthy; enjoying economic well-being; and enjoying a break from caring. The primary measure for the standards is that service users are satisfied that the standard is being met. After the standards, this resource provides a checklist that providers may find useful to collect and monitor.
Joint HIW / CSSIW fundamental review of the national service framework (NSF) for older people in Wales
- Authors:
- HEALTHCARE INSPECTORATE WALES, CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES INSPECTORATE WALES
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Inspectorate Wales; Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
This document sets out the rationale for the planned review of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People in Wales, the process undertaken for scoping the review and the initial approach and timescales for delivery. The review will be delivered jointly by the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and the Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales (CSSIW).
Pain in older people: reflections and experiences from an older person's perspective
- Authors:
- KUMAR Arun, ALLCOCK Nick
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Hospitals and healthcare providers who leave older people languishing in pain should be penalised, according to three fifths (62 per cent) of GB adults. The new research also found nearly half the adult population (47 per cent) are not confident that health professionals can alleviate pain in older people effectively. According to this report, nearly five million people aged 65 and over are in some degree of pain or discomfort. The Charity is warning that implicit ageism and patchy services mean older people are often deprived of dignity and left in excruciating pain. Help the Aged is calling for the Department of Health to recognise pain in older people as an urgent public health issue by making assessment of the way healthcare providers manage pain compulsory.
Overview of health and social care services for older people
- Author:
- PETCH Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.11.08, 2008, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reviews the findings of a Department of Health funded study designed to inform the National Service Framework for Older People. The study looked at the key findings from a group of 16 studies commissioned by the Policy Research Programme under the ‘Older People’s use of services’ Research Initiative. Outcomes from the projects are summarised under five key principles: no discrimination in health and social care services; services should be delivered by professionals who are trained in the care and treatment of older people; services should be person-centred; older people should be helped to regain their independence and to remain living in the community; and older people with complex needs should receive integrated and long-term care services.
Living well in later life: an overview of the National Service Framework for Older People in England
- Author:
- FILINSON Rachel
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 20(2), 2008, pp.240-258.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This paper outlines the history of health and social care that underpinned the emergence of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People, and briefly reviews the goals embodied in the NSF and the findings of evaluation studies. These are summarised in a table that covers progress and lack of progress/criticisms for each of the standards. The possible lessons for the USA of England’s experience with an elaborately detailed NSF imposed from above are also discussed. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Report of the national audit of continence care for older people (65 years and above) in England, Wales and N. Ireland: summary report
- Authors:
- WAGG Adrian, et al
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Physicians of London
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The purpose of this audit is to allow clinicians and those involved in managing continence to compare their services’ performance with evidence based quality standards (National Service Framework for Older People, Good Practice in Continence Services) against the other participants in the audit. This will allow variations in the standards of care between different Trusts, PCTs and care homes to be highlighted and hopefully lead to an improvement in the standard of care provided to older people with continence problems.
An evaluation of intermediate care for older people: final report
- Authors:
- GODFREY Mary, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Leeds. Institute of Health Sciences and Public Health Research
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 533p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This project forms part of the national evaluation of intermediate care services in England commissioned by the Department of Health. Information on the National Intermediate Care Evaluation Project (NICEP) and the work being carried out by the other two research teams at Leicester / Birmingham Universities and the Bradford Hospital NHS Trust with Bradford and York Universities. This study examined the structure, content, outcomes and costs of intermediate care. The research questions guiding the study were: What is intermediate care? What are its effects and outcomes?.
Conference proceedings: towards care management in Ireland: from the National Conference on Care Management in Health and Social Services for Older People, 21 November 2001, Dun Laoghaire
- Editors:
- QUILL Sinead, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- National Council on Ageing and Older People
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Dublin
The Conference provided an opportunity to promote the benefits of Care Management in the context of a strategy for the provision of a continuum of care for older people. It also provided an opportunity to formulate good Care Management practices through the exchange of information on Care Management experiences, both nationally and internationally. The development of a draft Care Management Implementation Framework was also considered by participants.
The Counsel and Care national falls survey: progress in implementing standard 6 of the National Service Framework for Older People
- Author:
- DALLEY Gillian
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes the results of a survey commissioned by Counsel and Care from the author in association with the Health and Social Care Quality Centre. The survey, which took place in October 2004 to April 2005, invited all 302 English PCT's to complete a questionnaire investigating their progress in meeting the falls standard.