scholarly journals DISABILITY DUE TO THE CLASS OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN ELDERLY PEOPLE

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
Marina A. Shurgaya
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Age ◽  
Geriatric Population ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Functional Features

The main strategic task of the provision for health and social care and alimentation of the quality of life in the elderly patient is the implementation of clinical, diagnostic and preventive measures, taking into account characteristics of the course of different diseases in geriatric population. In an article there are highlighted modern approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of bronchial asthma, which is the leading pathology that determines the morbidity and disability due to diseases of the respiratory system in elderly citizens. Accounting for the morphological and functional features of the elderly age allows provide the medical and social care and achieve quality standards in the treatment of asthma in the geriatric population.

Health and social care for the elderly in the conditions of transformation of social reality

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
O. Akimova ◽  
E. Andriyanova
Keyword(s):  
Social Care ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Modern System ◽  
Working Age ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article highlights the problems of providing medical and social assistance to elderly people in the Russian Federation at the present stage. Factors that affect the specifics of receiving medical and social assistance are: the crisis of confidence in the modern system of values, problems of medical examination of the population, low quality of life for people older than working age.

Collaborating across health and social care: joint funding an adult protection Coordinator post in Caerphilly, UK

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Andrea Giordano ◽  
Alison Neville
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Service Improvement ◽  
Health Board ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Vulnerable Adults ◽  
Adult Protection

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to improve the consistency and quality of the response to vulnerable adults who experience abuse and neglect within NHS, independent healthcare and social care settings is noted by practitioners, agencies and patients. Health and social care policy frameworks promote principles of service improvement and consistency, along with a focus on outcomes and resource effectiveness and interagency collaboration. The Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) coordinator role carries the responsibility of coordinating a response to individual referrals of abuse and neglect as described as part of the Designated Lead Manager role in the Wales Interim POVA Policy and Procedures for the POVA from abuse (Wales Adult Protection Coordinators Group, 2013). Design/methodology/approach – This paper will explore the benefits realised through a registered nurse being seconded from the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board into a newly created joint adult protection Health Coordinator post within the Caerphilly County Borough Council social services department POVA team. Findings – This is the first example of such partnership working in adult protection in Wales and has provided a number of benefits in relation to: providing adult protection advice; coordinating the response to referrals of vulnerable adult abuse and neglect within health and social care settings; carrying out or buddying others to complete adult protection investigations; facilitating the two day non-criminal POVA investigation training course and, awareness raising within the local Health Board. The development of a student nurse placement in the social services POVA team cements the multiagency collaborative approach that this development sought to achieve. Originality/value – The need to improve the consistency and quality of the response to vulnerable adults who experience abuse and neglect within NHS, independent healthcare and social care settings is noted by practitioners, agencies and patients.

scholarly journals Bacterial Pneumonia in Elderly Japanese Populations

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 117967071775143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoya Miyashita ◽  
Yasuhiro Yamauchi
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Young People ◽  
Bacterial Pneumonia ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Japanese People ◽  
The Third ◽  
Swallowing Dysfunction ◽  
Elderly Japanese

Bacterial pneumonia is one of the most important infectious diseases in terms of incidence, effect on quality of life, mortality, and impact on society. Pneumonia was the third leading cause of death in Japan in 2011. In 2016, 119 650 Japanese people died of pneumonia, 96% of whom were aged 65 years and above. The symptoms of pneumonia in elderly people are often atypical. Aspiration pneumonia is seen more frequently than in young people because of swallowing dysfunction in the elderly. The mortality rate is also higher in the elderly than in young people. In Japan, the population is aging at an unprecedented rate, and pneumonia in the elderly will be increasingly important in medicine and medical economics in the future. To manage pneumonia in the elderly, it is important to accurately evaluate its severity, administer appropriate antibiotic treatment, and implement effective preventive measures.

scholarly journals Háziorvosok és idősellátás egy kérdőíves kutatás tükrében

2018 ◽  
Vol 159 (8) ◽  
pp. 312-319
Author(s):  
Anett Mária Tróbert ◽  
Zsuzsanna Széman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Social Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Care System

Abstract: According to statistical data, the number of healthy life years is not increasing in proportion with the longer average life expectancy. In the ageing societies, the long-term care systems are increasingly overburdened; cost-efficient operation and the related coordination of services is one of the key questions for their sustainability. The present separation of the health care and social care systems causes numerous difficulties. One aim of the online research by questionnaire was to survey the attitude of general practitioners – who play a very important part in care for the elderly – towards their elder patients, the patients’ family members, and social workers providing eldercare. The other aim was to gather information on shortcomings experienced by doctors in the care system and on what possibilities general practitioners see for the improvement of eldercare. Semi-structured questionnaires were applied and analysed by descriptive and content methodology. The questionnaires were sent out to 5060 addresses around the country: a total of 145 were returned filled in. The respondents made many recommendations for the improvement of eldercare in the categories of development of social services, family support, development of health services, and societal cooperation. The areas in need of development named by the general practitioners are closely interrelated: the reform of social care would support the health care system and vice versa. More effective operation of the health and social care systems would ease the burdens of families, and at the same time encourage more active participation of families in the care process. And the systematic education of society and communities is a long-term investment that would strengthen a positive attitude towards old age and a value-oriented view of the ageing process that is one of the basic conditions for successful social integration of the elderly. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(8): 312–319.

The Sociotechnical Challenge of Integrating Telehealth and Telecare into Health and Social Care for the Elderly

2015 ◽  
pp. 1177-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Eason ◽  
Patrick Waterson ◽  
Priya Davda
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Care ◽  
Social Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Pilot Studies ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
Sociotechnical Design ◽  
Frail Elderly People ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Health Communities

Telehealth and telecare have been heralded as major mechanisms by which frail elderly people can continue to live at home but numerous pilot studies have not led to the adoption of these technologies as mainstream contributors to the health and social care of people in the community. This paper reviews why dissemination has proved difficult and concludes that one problem is that these technologies require considerable organisational changes if they are to be effective: successful implementation is not just a technical design issue but is a sociotechnical design challenge. The paper reviews the plans of 25 health communities in England to introduce integrated health and social care for the elderly. It concludes that these plans when implemented will produce organisational environments conducive to the mainstream deployment of telehealth and telecare. However, the plans focus on different kinds of integrated care and each makes different demands on telehealth and telecare. Progress on getting mainstream benefits from telehealth and telecare will therefore depend on building a number of different sociotechnical systems geared to different forms of integrated care and incorporating different forms of telehealth and telecare.

A multi-method quality improvement approach to systematically improve and promote the quality of national health and social care information

2020 ◽  
pp. 183335832092642
Author(s):  
Niamh McGrath ◽  
Barbara Foley ◽  
Caroline Hurley ◽  
Maria Ryan ◽  
Rachel Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
Health And Social Care

Safe and reliable healthcare depends on access to health information that is accurate, valid, reliable, timely, relevant, legible and complete. National data collections are repositories of health and social care data and play a crucial role in healthcare planning and clinical decision-making. We describe the development of an evidence-informed multi-method quality improvement program aimed to improve the quality of health and social care data in Ireland. Specific components involved: development of guidance to support implementation of health information standards; review program to assess compliance with standards; and educating health information stakeholders about health data and information quality. Observations from implementation of the program indicate enhanced health information stakeholder awareness of, and increased adoption of information management standards. The methodology used in the review program has proved to be a robust approach to identify areas of good practice and opportunities for improvement in information management practices. There has been positive adoption of the program among organisations reviewed and acceptance of the proposed recommendations. Early indications are that this multi-method approach will drive improvements in information management practices, leading to an improvement in health and social care data quality in Ireland. Aspects of this approach may be adapted to meet the needs of other countries.

Investigating the relative value of health and social care related quality of life using a discrete choice experiment

2019 ◽  
Vol 233 ◽  
pp. 28-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Mulhern ◽  
Richard Norman ◽  
Richard De Abreu Lourenco ◽  
Juliette Malley ◽  
Deborah Street ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Discrete Choice Experiment ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Relative Value ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Value Of Health

Safeguarding the elderly

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 504-505
Author(s):  
Priya Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Information Centre ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Information

The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has shown a 4% rise in the number of alleged cases of abuse against elderly people. Priya Sharma investigates your role in protecting them

scholarly journals Valuing the impact of health and social care programs using social return on investment analysis: how have academics advanced the methodology? A systematic review

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. e029789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Louise Hutchinson ◽  
Angela Berndt ◽  
Deborah Forsythe ◽  
Susan Gilbert-Hunt ◽  
Stacey George ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Social Return On Investment ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact

ObjectivesTo identify how social return on investment (SROI) analysis—traditionally used by business consultants—has been interpreted, used and innovated by academics in the health and social care sector and to assess the quality of peer-reviewed SROI studies in this sector.DesignSystematic review.SettingsCommunity and residential settings.ParticipantsA wide range of demographic groups and age groups.ResultsThe following databases were searched: Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, Econlit, Medline, PsychINFO, Embase, Emerald, Social Care Online and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Limited uptake of SROI methodology by academics was found in the health and social care sector. From 868 papers screened, 8 studies met the criteria for inclusion in this systematic review. Study quality was found to be highly variable, ranging from 38% to 90% based on scores from a purpose-designed quality assessment tool. In general, relatively high consistency and clarity was observed in the reporting of the research question, reasons for using this methodology and justifying the need for the study. However, weaknesses were observed in other areas including justifying stakeholders, reporting sample sizes, undertaking sensitivity analysis and reporting unexpected or negative outcomes. Most papers cited links to additional materials to aid in reporting. There was little evidence that academics had innovated or advanced the methodology beyond that outlined in a much-cited SROI guide.ConclusionAcademics have thus far been slow to adopt SROI methodology in the evaluation of health and social care interventions, and there is little evidence of innovation and development of the methodology. The word count requirements of peer-reviewed journals may make it difficult for authors to be fully transparent about the details of their studies, potentially impacting the quality of reporting in those studies published in these journals.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42018080195.

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