SPECIALIST CARE IN NURSING HOMES<\/p>\n
As part of the broader effort moving healthcare beyond hospital walls, another initiative is to bring specialist geriatric care directly into nursing homes.<\/p>\n
“Seniors already account for about 40 per cent of (all) acute hospital admissions, and many of these are avoidable,\u201d said Dr Sharen Lim, consultant in geriatric medicine at Woodlands Hospital.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, Dr Lim said that nursing home residents are admitted at a higher rate than the elderly population in the community, making it increasingly important to strengthen care within these homes.<\/p>\n
To reduce hospitalisation among frail elderly residents in nursing homes, Woodlands Hospital piloted a programme at Ren Ci @ Woodlands nursing home, where a team comprising a geriatrician, an advanced practice nurse and a community nurse worked alongside nursing home staff.<\/p>\n
The team reviewed residents\u2019 health, adjusted care plans and supported nursing home staff at the facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After the one-year pilot involving 300 residents, unplanned hospital admissions and emergency department visits fell by about a third. More than 60 per cent of residents also did not need hospital admissions during the period.<\/p>\n
Reducing unnecessary hospital transfers can make a significant difference for residents, said assistant nurse clinician Anushiya Rajendran from Ren Ci @ Woodlands.<\/p>\n
\u201cHospital visits can be very tiring for the residents,\u201d she said, adding that fewer trips to the hospital have also given seniors more time to spend on meaningful activities.<\/p>\n
She said that having direct access to specialist support has boosted the nursing home staff\u2019s confidence in managing residents with complex medical needs.<\/p>\n
Woodlands Hospital hopes to expand the THRIVE (Transforming Health and Resilience In Vulnerable Elders) programme to more nursing homes beyond Ren Ci @ Woodlands, while building a more sustainable model of care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPECIALIST CARE IN NURSING HOMES As part of the broader effort moving healthcare beyond hospital walls, another initiative…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,1420,137,500,4082,4085,62791,3727],"class_list":["post-816952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-elderly","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-hospital","tag-nursing","tag-nursing-home","tag-patient"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}