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People with MS in long-term care: good practice guidelines for service providers
- Authors:
- RIDLEY Joanna, SMYTH Ann
- Publisher:
- Multiple Sclerosis Society,|Leonard Cheshire
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide highlights the key principles that should underlie the provision of high quality care provision in residential and nursing care homes. The Guide is aimed at managers and owners of Homes and at current and potential service users, their families and friends. It will also be of interest to purchasing and registration authority staff. People with MS often have complex care needs and it is important that staff are appropriately trained to be able to meet these needs. But the key to providing the highest quality of care is recognising and responding to the needs of people as individuals. So, while this Guide focuses on care provision as it might relate to people with MS, it also emphasises that care services within a Home need to meet the full range of physical, clinical, social, spiritual and emotional needs of each individual.
Developing MS healthcare standards: evidence-based recommendations for service providers
- Authors:
- FREEMAN Jenny, et al
- Publisher:
- Multiple Sclerosis Society,|MS Professional Network
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The physical and psychosocial problems experienced by people with MS are wide ranging, variable and often complex. This presents problems when defining needs and making recommendations for the provision of high quality services. There are a number of recurring themes throughout this document, reflecting those that are present for people with MS throughout the different stages of the condition. These recommendations provide a clear framework, which should inform the work of all those concerned with MS services including Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), as they lead on consulting with the community and working with social services and other agencies to decide the most effective way of delivering services to people with MS. For practical purposes we considered four phases of the condition: diagnostic; minimal impairment; moderate disability; and severe disability.
National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: disabled children and young people and those with complex health needs
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Skills
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This standard relates to children and young people who are disabled and/or those with complex health needs, including children and young people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders, sensory impairments, physical impairments and emotional/behavioural disorders. Many disabled children have no need for ongoing health interventions; others require ongoing treatment and/or nursing care and help with the everyday activities. Some disabled children will also be children in special circumstances. Children and young people who are disabled or who have complex health needs receive co-ordinated, high-quality child and family-centred services which are based on assessed needs, which promote social inclusion and, where possible, which enable them and their families to live ordinary lives.