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Dr Jenny Hall
Rural Health and Wellbeing
University of the Highlands and Islands
Inverness, Scotland
New Craigs
Mackintosh Centre
Invernevis House
Clava Ward
Abbeyfield House
Mackintosh Centre
Invernevis House
February 2012
February 2012
N3 network connections
installed
Network points installed
N/A
May 2013
June 2013
August 2011
June2013
June 2013
August 2011
August 2011
August 2011
September 2011
November 2013
November 2013
October 2011
July 2013
July 2013
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2011
November 2013
November 2013
December 2011
November 2013
June 2014
DESCRIPTION
TANDBERG Edge 95 HD Base
Natural Presenter Package (NPP)
26 LCD screen (LE26C450E1WXXU 26 LCD TV)
Pan-tilt-zoom
functionality
Abbeyfield
House
Twice weekly,
Afternoon
Mackintosh
Centre
Weekly, Afternoon
Invernevis
House
Weekly,
Afternoon
Biannual
Biannual
Biannual
Overseen by consultant
Clinical guidelines used included
Abbey pain scale, BPSD guidelines, Prescribing Update for Old
Age Psychiatrists
Referral route
HYPOTHESIS OF CHANGE
Abbeyfield
Ballachulish
Nov 2011
Rural
context
Mackintosh
July
Mallaig
2014
2013
Residents/patients
( +lunch club/day-care)
More involvement
in clinics possible
Expertise
and
experience
of lead
nurse
Because
clinic is in
the care
home
Staff feel
empowered
and valued
Staff morale?
Staff retention?
Staff
travel
Staff
consultations
Eg
Check
lists
Increased access to
the service
Invernevis
Fort William
June 2014
Buy in
GP input
Care home
organisations
/managers
Integrated Service
Care home/secondary
care
More
frequent
Because
Disruption to routine i
its in
Travel i
the care
Accompanied by known staff home
Distress/stress i
Prescriptions i
Admissions i
Care plan reviews h
Attitudes
Steering Group
Makes
consultations more
readily available
Lead nurse
importance
More
frequent
review
No travel
for HCPs
Demand
Retain
Expertise
Experience
Economic Impact?
Care
homes
Wider
community
use
Resources
Time to train?
Staff to train?
Residents
Relatives
Relatives
6
Additional
Users
GP
Community
nurse
Additional users
Hospital
GP
consultant
Community
nurse
Hospital
consultant
Social
worker
Social worker
Pharmacist
Pharmacist
1 other
Care Home
Number of Interviewees
Abbeyfield
16
Mackintosh Centre
Invernevis House
Staff catch-up.
Support for resident.
Time.
Planning and organisation.
Presence of a relative.
Repetition.
Advance warning of delay.
Specialist nurses approach.
25,000
3,600
157,000
We believe that the key mechanism by which the clinic impacts have
been realized is through increased knowledge and awareness of staff
brought about by both the frequency and regularity of the clinics
Jenny.hall@uhi.ac.uk