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| An inpatient bed for acute nursing home admissions | | Author(s) | Stuart G Hutchinson, J Tarrant, Martin P Severs |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 27, no 2, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 95-98 |
| Keywords | Referrals ; Needs [elderly] ; Evaluation ; Admission [hospitals] ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Portsmouth. |
| Annotation | During the first three months of operation of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 (April-June 1993), three times as many patients in Portsmouth were being referred to nursing homes directly from home as from hospitals. In addition, social services were concerned that nursing home beds were being used inappropriately. The study aimed to determine whether a hospital assessment bed might provide better assessment, treatment and a more appropriate placement. Selected older people thought by their general practitioners (GPs) to require nursing home care were assessed in a designated hospital bed as to type of treatment needed (acute care, rehabilitation, palliation, long-term care) and placement (home, nursing home, residential home or hospital). Of 34 patients assessed, 22 (65%) needed further clinical assessment or care, and 26 (75%) left hospital for places other than nursing homes. Inpatient assessment was found to be a successful way of assessing the needs of some older people who would otherwise have been admitted directly from their homes to nursing homes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981208218 A |
| Classmark | L5R: IK: 4C: LD:QKH: LHB:QKH: 8HL |
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