Pilot project of an intermediate palliative care unit within a registered care home
| Autor: | Claire Routley, Emma Saysell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Palliative care Inpatient care business.industry Palliative Care Hospices Pilot Projects Nursing Homes Unit (housing) England Nursing Ambulatory care Respite care Critical care nursing Health care Humans Medicine Intermediate Care Facilities business Primary nursing Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 10:393-398 |
| ISSN: | 2052-286X 1357-6321 |
| DOI: | 10.12968/ijpn.2004.10.8.15876 |
| Popis: | In the UK, increasing pressure on the acute sector has meant that intermediate care has become a pertinent issue within the health-care community. This article reports on a 6-month pilot project to develop a 2-bedded intermediate unit within a registered care home. A total of 27 patients were admitted to the unit for respite and terminal care. The project was monitored through outcome data sheets and discussions with staff. Satisfaction questionnaires were also distributed to GPs and families. It was found that the unit appeared to offer a workable alternative to inpatient care for those patients cared for in the study. More rigorous evaluation is needed to better determine the views of patients and families and to discover whether the service is able to reduce admissions to the acute sector and avoid delayed transfers of care. |
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