Benefits of standardised assessment

Article Abstract:

A standardised approach to assessing older people for continuing care could be the answer to concerns that UK local authorities are not providing a similar and fair standard of care to elderly people. A comprehensive geriatric assessment can produce improved outcomes of health care, and can help professionals detect problems which may otherwise have been ignored. However, UK local authorities use very different assessment tools and criteria. A poor assessment can mean that care is poorly targeted and delivered. The standardised approach used in the US could be the answer.

Aged, Elderly, Geriatric nursing, Social work, Long term care, Social work with the aged

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Material benefits

Article Abstract:

Foley catheters are used to manage urinary output, but can cause encrustation, infection and cytotoxicity. There are now rigorous safety tests for catheters to comply with the BS1695 standard of 1990 in the UK. Homogenous catheter material consists of one substance only such as polyurethane. Heterogenous catheters are made of two or more materials. Previously toxic artefacts from latex catheters leached, causing problems. Nurses and carers will usually not be liable by law, if they follow instructions on catheter use carefully.

Methods, Balloon dilatation, Urinary catheterization

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Relative benefits

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Families of people who have died on Adams Ward at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, England, receive considerable support. Primary nurses care for the families of those who have received palliative care. They accompany the family on the visit to the bereavement officer to register the death.

Care and treatment, Bereavement

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