Staying out of hospital
Videos and practice examples exploring what steps could be taken to help older people avoid unnecessary admissions to hospital. These resources will be useful for health and social care professionals, commissioners and managers.
Videos
Videos focusing on improving people’s experience by reducing unnecessary hospital admissions.
- Who knows best? Older people’s contribution to understanding and preventing avoidable hospital admissions
- Avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions: the headlines
- Avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions among older people: residential care
- Avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions: the Wandsworth community ward
Practice examples
Examples of services that have been developed to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
- Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) for care homes
- East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) in Lincolnshire
- Working together for admission avoidance and discharge – trusted assessor pilot
- Developing the personal assistant market on the Isle of Wight
- Role of practice frailty nurse
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