INTRODUCTION Continuity of care has been demonstrated to be important for service users and carer groups have voiced major concerns over disruptions of care. We aimed to assess the experienced continuity of care in carers of patients with both psychotic and non-psychotic disorders and explore its association with carer characteristics and psychological well-being. METHODS Friends and relative...

conclusions it was found that avoiding routine pivotal expertise, increasing consciousness of the nonphysical aspects of patients while providing treatment and presenting exclusive care, utilizing experienced icu nurses, and placing more emphasis on effective communication with patients in order to honor them as human beings can all enhance the holistic quality of care. results the four main th...

et al. What is important to continuity in home care? Perspectives of key stakeholders. Q What are key stakeholders' (clients, caregivers, case managers, and home care workers) perspectives of continuity in home care? DESIGN Qualitative study. PARTICIPANTS 13 case managers, 19 home service providers, 25 clients, 5 caregivers, and 3 physicians who had patients receiving home care. All participant...

BACKGROUND Changing Childbirth (1993), a report on the future of maternity services in the United Kingdom, endorsed the development of a primarily community based midwifery led service for normal pregnancy, with priority given to the provision of "woman centred care". This has led to the development of local schemes emphasising continuity of midwifery care and increased choice and control for w...

improving and that communication is best learnt through observation in clinical situations. If the role models that medical students and junior doctors are observing are poor communicators how do we expect these learners to improve? I agree that observation and reflection is an important part of the experiential learning process, as is practising skills. But we know that in clinical situation l...

This brief scoping of the continuity of care evidence base was commissioned by the RCM. The briefing paper aims to outline the evidence regarding the impact of models of continuity of care with a focus on evidence from the UK to inform NHS England Guidelines for Maternity Commissioning. This review will briefly assess the impact of health care delivery models which offer increased experiences o...