Focus on: Hospital admissions from care homes

"In this report, we explore whether routinely collected information on hospitalisations from care homes could be used to enhance the understanding of hospital use by care home residents, and thus target areas for shared learning, improvements or regulatory activity."

Quality Watch: Focus on: Hospital admissions from care homes
P Smith, C Sherlaw-Johnson, C Ariti, M Bardsley
The Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
January 2015

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Reducing hospital admissions from nursing homes

"...several interventions had effects on reducing hospital admissions and may represent important aspects of nursing home care to reduce hospital admissions."

Reducing hospital admissions from nursing homes: a systematic review
B Gaverholt, L Forsetlund, G Jamtvedt
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:36

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Care leaver strategy

"Care leavers should expect the same level of care and support that other young people get from their parent."

Care leaver strategy: a cross-departmental strategy for young people leaving care
HM Government
October 2013

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Examining the barriers to and tensions in delivering effective healthcare in UK care homes

"Care home staff played an important, yet little recognised, role in delivering healthcare to residents."

Examining the barriers to and tensions in delivering effective healthcare in UK care homes: a qualitative study
I Robbins, A Gordon, J Dyas, P Logan, J Gladman
BMJ Open, 2013;3:e003178

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Delivering major improvements in dementia care and research by 2015

"The NHS routinely collects data on patients as they receive care, which is a rich source of information about how disease and treatments work. The information collected includes data on biomarkers, diagnosis, treatment and clinical outcomes. This information is vital to understanding how the NHS and Social Care system can improve outcomes for patients, yet it remains a relatively untapped resource."

The Prime Minister's Challenge on dementia: Delivering major improvements in dementia care and research by 2015: annual report of progress
Department of Health
May 2013

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Prevention and control of infection in care homes

"The steps taken in care homes to protect residents and staff from infection represent an important element in the quality of care, particularly as some infections have the capacity to spread within environments where susceptible people share eating and living accommodation."

Prevention and control of infection in care homes - an information resource
Department of Health, Health Protection Agency
February 2013

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Delivering Dilnot: paying for elderly care

"The Government needs to be clear in its message that a reformed capped funding system is the most appropriate way of dealing with a broken social care system, a crisis that has Delivering Dilnot lasted over ten years."

Delivering Dilnot: paying for elderly care
P. Burstow (editor)
CentreForum
January 2013

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Delivering dignity

"We have to work with older people to shape services around their needs, and listen to patients and residents and their families, carers and advocates, so we learn from their feedback and continually improve dignity in care."

Delivering dignity: securing dignity in care for older people in hospitals and care homes
NHS Confederation
June 2012

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Safeguarding and quality in commissioning care homes

"The government have identified six guiding principles on safeguarding which seek to increase the protection for those most at risk in society."

Safeguarding and quality in commissioning care homes
Social Care Institute for Excellence
February 2012

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A systematic review of integrated working between care homes and health care services

"This study aims to evaluate the different integrated approaches to health care services supporting older people in care homes, and identify barriers and facilitators to integrated working."


A systematic review of integrated working between care homes and health care services
SL Davies, C Goodman, F Bunn, C Victor, A Dickinson, S Iliffe, H Gage, W Martin, K Froggatt
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:320

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Making care safer

"Improving medication safety for people in care homes: thoughts and experiences from carers and relatives."

Making care safer
The Health Foundation
June 2011

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