PPT-Frail and Elderly Waiver

Home and Community Based HCBS Waiver Program P rovides an option for Kansas seniors who qualify functionally and financially to receive community based services as an alternative to nursing facility care . Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. The Vision. Integrating (or coordinating) care around the needs of patients. Avoiding unnecessary admissions to Hospital; Finding alternatives to Acute Admissions. Supporting Older People in their own . – Enabling Frail Elders to Live Meaningfully and Comfortably at a Sustainable Cost. June 25, 2014. Joanne . Lynn, MD, MA, . MS. Director. , Center for Elder Care and Advanced Illness. Joanne.Lynn@Altarum.org. Introduction – . Marion Christie, Head of Health. Data Label : Internal. The problem. £. The solution. Whole pathway redesign – across both acute and community. meeting . the health and care needs of frail elderly . An NHS England funded initiative delivered by the Eastern Academic Health Science Network. www.sbrihealthcare.co.uk. @. sbrihealthcare. Agenda. 25. th. June, London . 10.30 . Welcome . from Chair . and. The Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA). in Long Term Care. Geriatric Workforce. Decline in Geriatricians in the United States. 1988. 2030. Geriatricians. 7,128. 7,750. Geriatricians per older adult. An NHS England funded initiative delivered by the Eastern Academic Health Science Network. www.sbrihealthcare.co.uk. @. sbrihealthcare. Agenda. 25. th. June, London . 10.30 . Welcome . from Chair . Brian Steeves, MD. 1. Partnership between. PATH (Palliative and Therapeutic Harmonization) . Drug Evaluation Alliance of Nova Scotia. Dalhousie Academic Detailing Service. Dr. Brian Steeves, Dr. Cheryl Smith (DNP). Vocabulary Week 16 Root: frail/ fract /frag Meaning: break; shatter Words Organize Suffrage Fragment Fragile Arrange Infraction Frail Refract Fracture Fraction Fragment (n) a broken piece “Because was old” is a sentence fract. /frag. Meaning: break; shatter. Words. Suffrage. Fragment. Fragile. Convey. Synthesize. Infraction. Frail. Refract. Fracture. Fraction. Fragment (n). a broken piece. “Because was old” is a sentence . ��House Research DepartmentUpdated: October 2016Medicaid Home- and CommunityBased Waiver ProgramsPage 2 Home- and CommunityBased Waivers Home- and community-based waivers allow for feder substantialreleaseconclusivelycoveredactionactionRECORDINGSJillsmanagersemployeesownersotherfurtherdistributeadvertisementswebJaxearisingFIRST AND LAST NAME PRINTED WITNESS Action Card for administration of benzodiazepines . The use of sedatives and anti – psychotic medication should be kept to a minimum. . S. edation should only be considered once other strategies have failed to calm the patient such as distraction/diversion strategies, using 1:1 special to care for the patient. . Medication Related Harm. Presents after being found by her daughter Angela at 8am, unable to get off the toilet . Did not push her medical alarm which was around her neck. Angela called the ambulance as Mrs Casey is unable to stand, seems confused, has bruises all over her legs and feels cold to touch. Dr Dominic Hart. Consultant Geriatrician. Belfast Trust. Frail?. Frail?. What is Frailty. “A state of increased vulnerability to poor resolution of homeostasis after a stressor event.”. NOT. An inevitable part of aging.