In-reach specialist nursing teams for residential care homes: uptake of services, impact on care provision and cost-effectiveness

• Main Authors: Nelson Sara (Author), Szczepura Ala (Author), Wild Deidre (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A joint NHS-Local Authority initiative in England designed to provide a dedicated nursing and physiotherapy in-reach team (IRT) to four residential care homes has been evaluated. The IRT supported 131 residents and maintained 15 ...