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Evidence of Primary care rapid response assessment of dysphagia
in end of life
By: admini5 Date: May 12, 2015, 4:35 am
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Sandwell Community Healthcare Services improved dysphagia
management and piloted a community dysphagia rapid response
assessment service. Quality was improved by allowing more
patients to be managed at home for terminal illnesses, and
increasing empowerment for patients, their carers and staff.
Productivity has been improved by reducing hospital referrals
and admissions.
Acute hospital attendance, length of stay and repeat admissions
will be reduced by:
1.
at risk of aspiration; and
2.
with dysphagia
There are three components to this proposal:
Responsiveness
A rapid response dysphagia service in the community, where
urgent patients will be assessed within 4 working hours,
reducing hospital admissions
Prevention
Extensive training to community staff to enable frontline
dysphagia management 24 hours, 7 days a week long term
Strategy
Develop and implement a palliative feeding Care Pathway to
ensure patients with dysphagia related end of life conditions
are managed by community services, ensuring patients die in
their place of choice whilst they, their relatives and carers
feel supported.
For further information please go to :
HTML https://arms.evidence.nhs.uk/resources/qipp/29508/attachment
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