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Single Assessment Process - training materials -
nursing
The following listing is subject to ongoing review and revision...
Assessing patients' eligibility for fully funded nursing care [author: William Anderson, Hilary Bungay]
(13 January 2004)
Article in: Nursing Times, vol 100, no 2, pp 38-39.
The introduction of free nursing care in nursing homes requires that patient's needs for care from a registered nurse are determined as part of the assessment of health and social care needs. It is important that patients are assigned to the band
of care that is appropriate for them so that they receive the correct contribution to their care. A minimum data set/resident assessment instrument (MDS/RAI) was piloted on residents living in nursing homes as an assessment tool to see whether this
agreed with decisions that had been made by the NHS-designated assessor for the registered nursing contribution to care. Comparison of findings showed that the assessment tool was a means of improving the quality of assessments. Further
information about training to use the assessment tool and the MDS/RAI can be found at the website of the Senectus Project.
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Web links: http://www.senectus.org
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Target group: | Type / Format: article; assessment tool
Availability / Price: | ISBN/ISSN: 0954-7762
Notes: see Related Organisations
Ever ready [pilot of "Evercare nurses" in the UK by 10 PCTs] [author: Carol Lewis]
(8 January 2004)
Article in: Health Service Journal, vol 113, no 5886, pp26-27.
A model of care for older people which has helped nurse practitioners to cut hospital admissions and prescriptions through improved risk management is being piloted in the UK by 10 primary care trusts (PCTs), and has been well received. "Evercare
nurses" are based on a US model of an expanded clinical role. The pilots report good results in increasing quality of social care. However, there has been criticism of diverted resources and an unthinking importing of US ideas. This article reports
on Evercare projects in Airedale, Bristol South and West, Bristol North, and South Gloucestershire PCTs.
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Web links: http://www.hsj.co.uk
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Target group: PCT | Type / Format: article
Availability / Price: | ISBN/ISSN: 0952-2271
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Department of Health,
Supporting people with long term conditions liberating the talents of nurses who care for people with long term conditions [author: Department of Health - DH]
(1 February 2005)
Nurses play a central role in caring for people with long-term conditions. This paper (30pp) describes some of these roles, paying particular attention to the new clinical function of community matron. It
presents examples in practice of experiences in implementing case management, including Evercare and Unique Care.
Contact Details:
Department of Health,
PO Box 777,
London
SE1 6XH.
Tel: 08701 555 455 | Fax:
E–mail: dh@prolog.uk.com |
Web links: http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/10/24/98/04102498.pdf
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Target group: Nurses | Type / Format: book
Availability / Price: FOC from the above address, or as download. | ISBN/ISSN:
Notes: Other contact details: Professional Leadership Team, Room 5W06, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE. Tel 0113 254 6057.
Department of Health,
Supporting people with long term conditions an NHS and social care model to support local innovation and integration [author: Department of Health - DH]
(5 January 2005)
The NHS and social care model is a blueprint to support local NHS and social care organisations in improving local services to people with long-term conditions. It draws on existing successes and innovations
for the NHS and social care and international experience, to help local health communities to develop a more integrated systematic approach. This "Improving care, improving lives" document (44pp) includes examples of case management and
disease-specific care management to illustrate how the model should work.
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Contact Details:
Department of Health,
PO Box 777,
London
SE1 6XH.
Tel: 08701 555 455 | Fax:
E–mail: dh@prolog.uk.com |
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Target group: Nurses | Type / Format: book
Availability / Price: FOC from the above address, or as download. | ISBN/ISSN:
Notes: Other contact details: Long Term Conditions Team, Room 4N26, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7UE. Tel 0113 254 6070
Halton Primary Care Trust
Halton PCT Community matron contact sheet advanced primary nurse specialist assessment; systems review and physical assessment
Community matrons in Halton are now using this draft specialist assessment (8 pp) in their work
Contact Details:
Nikki Dand, Health and Community Directorate,
Halton Borough Council,
Grosvenor House,
Halton Lea,
Runcorn
WA7 2ED.
Tel: +44 (0)1928 704546 (ND) | Fax:
E–mail: nikki.dand@halton.gov.uk |
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Target group: Community matrons | Type / Format: assessment tool
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Notes: Item originally posted by Nikki Dand on SAP discussion forum, discussion area: Specialist assessments for community matrons
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
MDS - latest research reviewing the RNCC tool, flexible skills mix, and the specialist nurse project (2003) [authors: Jan Reed, Bill Watson, Margaret Cook]
(2003)
Part I of this 3-part report is: The Registered Nursing Care Contribution tool: an evaluation of use; by Jan Reed, Bill Watson, Margaret Cook, of the Centre for Care of Older People (CCOP). University of
Northumbria.
It presents the findings of their study on the Registered Nursing Care Contribution (RNCC), which was introduced in 2001, to determine the amount of NHS-funded registered nursing care that residents in homes need. The results of using the Minimum
Data Set (MDS), a well-validated tool were compared with the RNCC tool for 186 residents from 6 care homes. Comparison was also made between RNCC results when people with different backgrounds and experience used the tool.
Appendices include: Example of an MDS assessment form; example of an EASY-Care assessment form; RNCC documentation and guidance. (MDS-HC Version 2, August 02 2000, in reduced size print).
Contact Details:
Joseph Rowntree Foundation,
The Homestead,
40 Water End,
York,
YO30 6WP
Tel: +44 (0)1904 629241 | Fax: +44 (0)1904 620072
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Web links: http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/1859351247.pdf
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Target group: | Type / Format: assessment tool
Availability / Price: £15.95 from YPS, tel 01904 430033 | ISBN/ISSN: 1859351239
Notes: Also available as PDF on http://www.jrf.org.uk - ISBN 1859351247
The RNCC tool is copyright University of Northumbria (Centre for Care of Older People; since 2006, the Centre for Collaborative Gerontology).
Other contact: Jan Read, Professor of Healtrh Care for Older People, Centre for Collaborative Gerontology, Faculty of Health, Social Work and Education, University of Northumbria, Room H017, Coach Lane Campus, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7XA. Tel:
+44(0)191 215 6142. Fax +44 (0)191 215 6083.
National Primary and Care Trust Development Programme
Implementing the Evercare Programme Interim report [Evercare, Ovation]
(February 2004)
The Evercare Programme was developed in the United States with the aim of improving the quality of life for vulnerable older people. This Programme has been piloted in nine Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in
England and this interim report has been produced, mid-term of the 17-month implementation phase of the Evercare project and on the basis of which, the Department of Health has decided to expand the Programme in England.
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Web links: http://www.natpact.nhs.uk/cms/186.php
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Target group: HAs | Type / Format: report
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Notes: This interim report (58 pp) is only available on the internet.
National Primary Care Research and Development Centre
Evaluation of the Evercare approach to case management of frail elderly people executive summary [authors: Ruth Boaden, Mark Dusheiko, Hugh Gravelle (et al)]
(November 2006)
Case management for frail older people aims to combine both preventive and responsive care for patients at high risk of deterioration in their health. Case management is also a key componet of the government's
Community Matron policy. Evercare is a form of case management which was introduced in nine pilot Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) by UnitedHealth Europe in 2003; and this evaluation outlines the main findings of PPCRDC's evaluation of Evercare carried
out between 2003 and 2005. NPCRDC found that the Evercare approach to case management provided additional contacts, monitoring and treatment options that were highly valued by patients and their carers. However, although there were individual
examples of avoided admissions, there was no overall effect on emergency hospital admissions. More detailed results are available in the full report, "Evercare evaluation: final report".
Contact Details:
Martin Roland, Project Lead, NPCRDC, 5th floor,
Williamson Building,
The University of Manchester,
Oxford Road,
Manchester
M13 9PL.
Tel: 0161 275 7610 | Fax: 0161 275 0611
E–mail: npcrdc-commsunit@manchester.ac.uk |
Web links: http://www.npcrdc.ac.uk/es42
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Target group: HAs | Type / Format: report
Availability / Price: FOC from the above address or Web link 1; Full report, Web link 2 | ISBN/ISSN:
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National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC)
Impact of case management (Evercare) on frail elderly patients controlled before and after analysis of quantitative outcome data [authors: Hugh Gravelle, Mark Dusheiko, Rod Sheaff (et al)]
(6 January 2007)
Article in: British Medical Journal, vol 334 no 7583, pp 31-34.
Case management aims to improve outcomes in patients, and particularly to reduce unplanned hospital admission. In 2002/3, nine Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) piloted case management of older people selected as being at high risk of emergency admission.
Rates of emergency admission, emergency bed days, and mortality from April 2001 to March 2005 in 62 Evercare practices were compared with those of 6960 to 7695 control practices in England (depending on the analysis being carried out). The
intervention had no significant effect on rates of emergency admission, emergency bed days for a high risk population aged 65+ with a history of two or more emergency admissions in the preceding 13 months. For the general population aged 65+,
effects on the rates of emergency admission, emergency bed days and mortality were also non-significant. Case management of frail older people introduced an additional range of services in primary care without an associated reduction in hospital
admissions. This may have been because of identification of additional cases. Employment of community matrons is now a key feature of case management policy in the NHS in England. Without more radical system redesign, this policy is unlikely to
reduce hospital admissions.
Contact Details:
Martin Roland NPCRDC, 5th floor,
Williamson Building,
The University of Manchester,
Oxford Road,
Manchester
M13 9PL.
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E–mail: m.roland@manchester.ac.uk |
Web links: http://www.bmj.com
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Target group: HAs | Type / Format: article
Availability / Price: Available as a downloadable document from BMJ website. | ISBN/ISSN: 09598138
Notes: This article is the abridged version of a paper published on bmj.com on 15 November 2006.
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