A new lease of life
Article Abstract:
There are shortfalls in the provision by the UK National Health Service of rehabilitation for older people, according to a report by the Clinical Standards Advisory Group. The services offered and the priority given to older people vary between districts. Nurses involved in rehabilitative care must make the views of patients their priority. They must establish whether the patient wishes to have active rehabilitation or a more passive period of convalescence, and then devise treatment plans accordingly. There is a clear need for flexible and responsive community-based intensive health and social care.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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A pilot project was conducted to ensure that old people in care homes received appropriate care on discharge from hospital. This could only be achieved if all the professionals involved communicated with each other. More knowledge was needed about how hospitals and care homes operate and they were encouraged to exchange staff to establish links between them. It became clear that some patients in care homes were not being offered the same rehabilitation as those who went back to their own homes. Steps have been taken to address this problem. Details of the study are given.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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