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Over 75s project
— Newcastle-under-Lyme and Nottingham Frailty Toolkit | | Author(s) | Chris Oleshko, Dawn Moody |
| Journal title | BGS Newsletter, no 56, December 2015 |
| Publisher | British Geriatrics Society, December 2015 |
| Pages | pp 30-32 |
| Source | www.bgs.org.uk |
| Keywords | Ill health ; Diagnosis ; General practice ; Referrals ; Projects ; Pilot ; Newcastle-under-Lyme. |
| Annotation | The move to consider frailty as a long-term condition is becoming established, and there is increasing understanding that the early recognition of frailty in community settings can help to improve outcomes for older people. The authors outline a project which has identified the value of the new role of Elderly Care Facilitator as someone who assesses health, well-being, functional and social needs. In a project which ran for 24 months from April 2013 in six general practices in North Staffordshire, those aged 85+ were offered home visits, while more than 1500 Tilburg questionnaires were sent to those aged 75-84 (with a 78% response). As a result of visits, 384 referrals were made, of which 215 related to mobility issues, and were referred to physiotherapy, occupational therapy or the falls service; others were referred to social services, the memory clinic or other medical services. The project has provided evidence for the potential to develop this role more widely across primary care teams. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160127228 A |
| Classmark | CH: LK7: L5: L5R: 3E: 4UC: 8STH |
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