Recognising and responding to acute deterioration in care home residents: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute deterioration describes a rapid change in physical and/or mental health resulting from an acute illness - e.g., heart attack or infection. Older people in care homes are some of the frailest and vulnerable in society. They have complex health needs, experience multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) and have weakened immune systems due to the ageing process. They are more susceptible to acute deterioration and delayed recognition and response, is linked to poorer health outcomes, adverse events and death. Over the past five years, the need to manage acute deterioration in care homes and prevent hospital admissions has led to development and implementation of improvement projects, including the use of hospital derived practices and tools to identify and manage this con

SUBMITTER: Hodge SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10308707 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature