AHP Bulletin, Issue 79, October 2010.
Essence of Care 2010
Essence of Care has been refreshed and now contains 12 benchmarks, following a consultation exercise late in 2009. It aims to support localised quality improvement, by providing a set of established and refreshed benchmarks supporting front line care across care settings at a local level. The benchmarking process outlined in Essence of Care 2010 helps practitioners to take a structured approach to sharing and comparing practice, enabling them to identify the best and to develop action plans to remedy poor practice.
Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS for allied health professionals: A letter from Karen Middleton, Chief Health Professions Officer, dated 18 October 2010.
BAOT : Presentations from Annual Conference 2010.
Physiotherapy works ...and we have the evidence
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy: 2009 Annual Report.
Physiotherapy interventions for shoulder pain
An intervention review to determine the efficacy of physiotherapy interventions for disorders resulting in pain, stiffness and/or disability of the shoulder
Green S, Buchbinder R, Hetrick SE. Physiotherapy interventions for shoulder pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 2. Edited (no change to conclusions), published in Issue 9, 2010.
Chest physiotherapy for preventing morbidity in babies being extubated from mechanical ventilation
An intervention review to determine the effects of active chest physiotherapy on infants being extubated from mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure.
Flenady V, Gray PH. Chest physiotherapy for preventing morbidity in babies being extubated from mechanical ventilation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2002, Issue 2. Edited (no change to conclusions), published in Issue 10, 2010.
About ‘Giving Voice’
Every day, speech and language therapists work with a huge variety of people – from young children who stammer to older people recovering from stroke and other brain injuries. They aim to help give them ‘voice’ by improving their communication abilities and addressing their swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties. Our campaign is designed to ‘give voice’ to people with speech, language and communication needs – to ensure their needs, and those of their carers and families, are met. Our aim is to demonstrate how speech and language therapy makes a difference to individuals and the broader society across the UK.
The British Dietetic Association (BDA) is adding its voice to the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) call to action to introduce a National Standard to help older people receive the meal service they deserve.
Does protein and energy supplementation benefit older people at risk of malnutrition?
Kirshbaum, M
Nursing Times, October 2010, vol./is. 106/39(22).
Summary of a Cochrane review of the evidence on the benefits of oral nutritional supplements for older people at risk of malnutrition. 1 ref.
(Print copies of this journal at Grantham, Lincoln and Pilgrim Staff Libraries).
Cochrane Review: Milne AC, Potter J, Vivanti A, Avenell A. Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 2.
Strategies for nutritional care in acute settings.
Best, C, Summers, J
Nursing Older People, July 2010, vol./is. 22/6(27-31).
Nutritional care of older people in hospital, including the use of screening to identify patients at risk of malnutrition. Ways in which nurses can assist patients with eating to ensure they receive adequate and appropriate nutrition, and the use of oral nutritional supplements and artificial nutrition support, are described. The nutritional care of patients with dementia or dysphagia is discussed. 26 refs.
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Social support and subjective health complaints in occupational rehabilitation.
Oyeflaten, I, Gabriele, J, Fisher, E
International Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation, August 2010, vol./is. 17/8(424-35).
Research in Norway comparing the impact of directive and non-directive social support on the subjective health complaints of participants with long-term musculoskeletal and psychological problems in an occupational rehabilitation programme. The association between various health complaints and the type of support received from rehabilitation centre staff and from external social networks is examined. A commentary follows. 39 refs.
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Inpatient rehabilitation specifically designed for geriatric patients: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Bachmann, S, Finger, C, Huss, A
BMJ, June 2010, vol./is. 340/7758(1230).
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence for effectiveness of inpatient rehabilitation for older people. Outcomes studied of general and orthopaedic rehabilitation programmes involving active physiotherapy or occupational therapy included functional improvement, nursing home admission and mortality.
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