We have recently received some fantastic blogs from doctors in training who have worked in a variety of Hospital at Home services:
“IMT3 Medical Trainee experience with Southern Trust Hospital at Home”: Dr Ramsha Zaheer
https://t.co/GIdOnsMVR9
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9 of 10 key BGS messages on older people's healthcare:
Hospitals are a vital part of care for older people but long stays are harmful. https://t.co/srcLcVUGqb
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Janice Hepburn, a nurse in our Acute Care at Home Team, works regularly with older patients in her role and she attended the Ageing Sim Experience to get some experience of how her patients feel on a daily basis.
Read more: https://t.co/Z1j8XFIFmx
#HSC#MakingADifference
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt met our Acute Care at Home team + heard how the service looks after between 50 + 60 patients each day, who would otherwise have needed hospital care.
https://t.co/TjfY7J9yM2
Watch the video of the visit
https://t.co/q3LCLNxSw6
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A grandson and granddaughter have handed over £2430.11 and 2 hampers to thank the Acute Care at Home team for the care they provided their late grandmother, Kathleen Moore.
Mattie and sister Keeley Mae ran 4km every 4 hours for 48 hours around the Mall in Armagh.
#TeamSHSCT
Welcome 2024/25 NHS Pay Review Body specific recommendation to introduce intermediate pay points for AfC Bands 8a and above i.e. after two years in post. Previous 5 year wait between start and top increment was too long
Care at home? Yes please - says Sean Daly. But a Dr says resources need to shift away from hospital to community care. Can NI make that leap? https://t.co/zfd2FpojSF
A pensioner who was given hospital treatment for pneumonia in his kitchen says the care was tremendous. Sean Daly who is 78 and lives in Warrenpoint is part of the Acute Care at home service run by the Southern Trust. The idea is to keep older people out of hospital.
Experiencing ADLs with the challenges of older age - participants report that unable to manage their medications, and become socially withdrawn - training led by Dr Elaine Nelson #UKHaHConf24
"This nurse was interested in my mum as a person, not just as a patient. It meant the world to me."
Louise Smith looks at how asking questions that elicit who a patient is, and not just their diagnosis and symptoms, leads to more compassionate care
https://t.co/ZtXHZtpHy3