Deconditioning

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NICE: Intermediate care including reablement

10 August 2018

NICE standard covers referral and assessment for intermediate care. It covers bed-based intermediate care, crisis response, home-based intermediate care and reablement. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. 

Good practice guide

Peri-operative Care for Older Patients Undergoing Surgery

23 January 2015

The rate of older people undergoing surgical procedures is increasing faster than the rate of population ageing . Despite this progress, older surgical patients remain at increased risk.

Good practice guide

Deconditioning awareness

11 May 2017

Deconditioning and loss of functional abilities in frail older people may start soon after arriving in hospital. Many end up in a care home prematurely because of it. This campaign, with downloadable resources, aims to encourage patients to 'Sit up, get dressed, keep moving!'

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Improving healthcare support in care homes

02 February 2012

This study describes the model of healthcare support being delivered to nursing homes in South Manchester since 2004.

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10 days in a hospital bed leads to 10 years’ worth of lost muscle mass in people over age 80

25 July 2018

I have lost count of the number of times I have quoted this fact, I use it when teaching on frailty, and I have used it when assessing people in the emergency department to explain the risks of hospital induced deconditioning. I regularly hear other Geriatricians use this fact. It is emblazoned across much of the #EndPJParalysismaterial, and is quoted (unreferenced) on the NHS improvement website.

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We must do more to ensure no-one misses out on rehab

13 February 2018

Whenever Professor Karen Middleton sees the Rehab Matters film she knows that the fictional story depicted is playing out in real life in homes across the country. It cuts her deeply, as a physiotherapist, to hear how a lack of access to rehabilitation has changed a life.

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Sit up, Get Dressed, Keep Moving: the campaign everyone is talking about

26 April 2017

Amit Arora explains the campaign he and his team have developed: “Sit up, Get Dressed, Keep Moving” which is being adopted in many NHS hospitals and abroad, in response to a critique of the campaign published in The Guardian.

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