EVALUATING A SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE INITIATIVE FOR NURSING AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES

Integrating palliative care into nursing homes.

Document of diabetes care for residential and nursing homes.

Accepted 25 September 1996 In the UK, there has been a rapid expansion in residential and nursing home care for elderly people with a corresponding reduction in long-term hospital care. Many of the residents are disabled and a large percentage are likely to have diabetes, although accurate information is not available. The needs of patients with diabetes living within institutions may be overlo...

In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness

BACKGROUND A joint NHS-Local Authority initiative in England designed to provide a dedicated nursing and physiotherapy in-reach team (IRT) to four residential care homes has been evaluated. The IRT supported 131 residents and maintained 15 'virtual' beds for specialist nursing in these care homes. METHODS Data captured prospectively (July 2005 to June 2007) included: numbers of referrals; rea...

Palliative care for older people in nursing homes.

Healthcare does not follow a linear track of prevention, health gain, health maintenance and palliative care. Instead, aspects of each occur to differing degrees at various stages of life 1 . While the palliative care component increases as we near the end of our life span, we also engage in a range of preventive measures in later life (and in nursing homes) such as influenza vaccination, falls...

Benefits for people in hospital, nursing homes, and residential care homes.

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