| Contact name: |
Paul Rafferty |
| Job title: |
Community Rehabilitation Coordinator |
| Employer: |
Sperrin Lakeland Health and Social Care Trust |
| Address: |
Holly Villa
Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital
Omagh
Co. Tyrone |
| Start date: |
06/04 |
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| Areas the initiative relates to: |
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Organisational management |
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Quality of life improvement |
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Patient information and empowerment |
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Promoting a healthy workplace |
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Working in partnership |
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| Who did the initiative target: |
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Staff |
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Patients |
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Relatives/Visitors |
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| Description: |
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| A multi disciplinary team of occupitional therapists, physiotherapists, nurses, social workers and technical instructors has been set up under the line management of a coordinator to facilitate earlier discharge, prevent hospital admission and provide patients in the community with intensive short-term rehabilitation (six weeks) to improve their independence and reduce the need for long-term care packages. |
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| Objectives of the initiative: |
| Facilitate earlier discharge.
Reduce the need for long-term care packages.
Prevent hospital admission.
Falls prevention initiatives. |
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| Planned outcomes of the initiative: |
| Not submitted |
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| Actual outcomes of the initiative: |
| Using elderly mobility and Bartel outcome measurements we have made a major impact in patients independence in their own environment and reduced the need for long- term care packages. |
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| Has there been an evaluation of the iniative? |
| Yes |
An evaluation report is not available |
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