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18 Cards in this Set
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What is Domiciliary Health Care? |
- Health Care occurring in the home - Delivering care in the home - Providing services for frail older people, young people with disabilities and their carers |
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Who might be included in the multidisciplinary team? Job Role? |
- Doctors - Nurses - Physiotherapists - Occupational therapists - Specialist nurses; diabetes management or wound specialist |
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What is HITH? Examples? |
Hospital in the Home (HITH) Examples: |
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What is RDNS? Examples? |
Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) provides home nursing services to those who wish to be cared for in the comfort of their own home. Examples: > Stomal Care > Wound Care > Post-Acute Care > Diabetes Care > Palliative Care |
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What is HACC? Examples? |
Home and Community Care (HACC) services are designed to assist you if you are older and frail or have a disability, and need help to continue living at home. Examples: - Domestic Assistance > Helps with everyday activities - Social Support > Help with activities such as banking, shopping, ect - Nursing Care > Wound care and Medication - Gardening and Home maintenance - Respite Care - Transport assistance - Personal Care > ADL's care |
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How can HACC be accessed? |
Anyone / Everyone can refer for an assessment |
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Rural and Remote Nursing |
- Skilled Nurses - Not a nurse practitioner |
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Referral |
- Referral can be made by the client, carer or a family member |
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Care planning and process |
- Aims to assist the person to the maximise their independence and achieve their identified goals Process: > identify and priorities issues arising from the assessment > set goals relevant to the most important issues > develop strategies and timeframes for addressing the issues and achieving the goals > document an individual care plan and/or service plan |
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Confidentiality |
> Not visible, e.g. in the boot > Not to be taken into another persons house |
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Case management |
- Oversees the care planning of a client > Referral system |
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Definition of preventative in relation to domiciliary care? |
- - |
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Definition of curative in relation to domiciliary care? |
- medication e.g. antibiotics |
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Definition of rehabilitative in relation to domiciliary care? |
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Definition of supportive in relation to domiciliary care? |
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Holistic assessment |
- spiritual - social - physical - financial - emotional - mental - environmental |
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What does a nurse do to contribute to the care planning? |
- gather, record, and document - observe and collect infomation of the clients ability to participate with the ADL's - identify changes in the health status or coping mechanisms of a client - contribute to client education and teaching4
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What is involved in conducting a domiciliary nursing assessment? |
- Base line assessment - Holistic assessment e.g > physical assessment (head-to-toe assessment) > physiological assessment (mental status examination ) > nutritional status |
