Aim: To determine the feasibility of a nurse-led, primary care-based comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) intervention.
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Health inspectors say there has been a “significant improvement” in how public sector organisations work together to provide services for older people who need care in Stoke-on-Trent.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revisited the city to look at how well older people – and specifically those over 65 – can move through the health and social care system following an initial inspection in September 2017.
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Health and care leaders across Staffordshire today welcomed the publication by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of a report into services for older people in the county.
The CQC’s Staffordshire System Review is unveiled today (Friday December 14) and follows an inspection carried out in the autumn.
Each car is staffed by an experienced SCAS Ambulance Technician contracted to work in partnership with the Southern Health. The cars are kitted with diagnostic equipment as well cardiac monitoring, defibrillator, lifting cushions and other emergency response equipment to enable responders to perform a thorough triage assessment.
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to support older people with several healthcare needs in sustaining adequate functioning and independence, more proactive approaches are needed. This purpose of this study is to summarise the (cost-) effectiveness of proactive, multidisciplinary, integrated care programmes for older people in Dutch primary care.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
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From April 2017, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust will introduce developments to the way care is delivered in the community and will be investing over £1m to expand community services.
This will double the number of outpatient appointments offered at some community hospitals, provide short term support packages to bridge the gap between home and hospital to over 3000 people and reduce hospital admissions, seeing 350 people through a new frailty assessment service.
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Includes sections for mental health services, dementia, end of life care, primary care, discharge planning/frailty.
To evaluate the effects of substituting nurse practitioners, physician assistants or nurses for physicians in long-term care facilities and primary healthcare for the aging population (primary aim) and to describe what influences the implementation (secondary aim). Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.