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| Providing nursing support within residential care homes | | Corporate Author | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF |
| Journal title | Findings, 2202, April 2008 |
| Publisher | Joseph Rowntree Foundation - JRF, April 2008 |
| Pages | 4 pp |
| Source | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York YO30 6WP. http://www.jrf.org.uk |
| Keywords | Nursing ; Physiotherapy ; Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Health Authorities and Trusts ; Social Services Departments ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Evaluation ; Bath and North East Somerset. |
| Annotation | Over the last 20 years, changes in health care provision have resulted in increased reliance on community services, focusing on the NHS's role on acute care provision. Estimates suggest that 140,000 people are now living in registered care homes, most of them older people. These findings outline a study examining a joint NHS and local authority initiative providing a dedicated nursing and physiotherapy team to three residential care homes in Bath and North East Somerset. The initiative aims to meet the nursing needs of residents where they live, and to train care home staff in basic nursing. The research was carried by Deidre Wild and Sara Nelson of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, and Ala Szczepura of Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick. Full details of these findings are in two interim reports: 'The In-Reach model described from the perspectives of stakeholders, home managers, care staff, and the In-Reach Team' (available from deidre.wild@uwe.ac.uk) and 'Audit of In-Reach Team (IRT): activity, costs, benefits and impacts on long-term care' (available from ala.szczepura@warwick.ac.uk). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080407001 A |
| Classmark | LQ: LOA: KX: KW: L4A: PF: QAJ: QK6: 4C: 8AF |
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