Improving Health in Care Homes

Programme Brief


Improving health in care homes: the Wessex AHSN offer

Wessex AHSN is working across a number of our programmes to help improve the health of care home ... Find out more >


Care Home Training Resources

Support to Care Homes across Wessex from Wessex PSCWessex PSC is working to support Care Homes ac... Find out more >


PINCER

PINCER is the Pharmacist-led Information technology iNtervention for the reduction of Clinically ... Find out more >


Domiciliary Care

Wessex PSC is supporting the Domiciliary / Home Care Sector across Wessex by providing resources ... Find out more >


Enhanced Health in Care Homes

Wessex PSC is working to implement a standardised common language for managing deterioration acro... Find out more >


Identifying early signs of worsening health in a person with a learning disability

Wessex PSC is working to implement a standardised common language for managing deterioration acro... Find out more >


Transfers of Care Around Medicines - now the NHS Discharge Medicines Service

Transfer of Care Around Medicines (TCAM) – ensuring support with medicines for patients leaving h... Find out more >


RESTORE2

RESTORE2 (Soft Signs, NEWS2 and SBAR/D)RESTORE2 is a physical deterioration and escalation tool f... Find out more >


Safety Communications (inc. SBAR)

Wessex PSC is helping organisations across Wessex to reduce harm related to communication failure... Find out more >


Optimising Anticoagulation in Atrial Fibrillation

Since 2014 we have been working across Wessex to improve detection and management of patients wit... Find out more >


Using Soft Signs to Identify early indications of Physical Deterioration

There is some evidence to suggest that it is possible to identify physical deterioration before h... Find out more >


Hydration at Home

Dehydration is a concern in older people due to the potential adverse effects on function and cli... Find out more >


Hydration at Home Toolkit

Wessex AHSN has worked in collaboration with Hampshire County Council to produce the Hydration at... Find out more >


Nutrition in Older People

Undernutrition is a form of ‘malnutrition’, which simply means ‘poor nutrition’. It affects 10-15... Find out more >


Telemedicine in Care Homes

What is the telemedicine in care homes project?The telemedicine service for care homes offers an ... Find out more >


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Resources to support care homes and their staff effectively deal with deterioration among patients and residents

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Improving health in care homes: the Wessex AHSN offer