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Hospital at home aims to:
- Avoid admission where this is likely to result in more harm to patient
- Reduce number of ‘days in wrong place’ for patients
- Better continuity for patients
- More job satisfaction for clinicians
We see:
Acute deterioration such as frailty crisis (falls, delirium, reduced mobility)
Patients at risk of hospital admission in next 48 hours
Patients we can safely manage at home with support from FAST response
Patients at home, in care homes or on ambulatory care (and sometimes on clinical decision unit)
We are unable to see:
Medical emergencies such as poisoning, heart attack, stroke, gastrointestinal bleed, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) – unless palliation appears to be the most sensible option
Conditions which have been present for a long time (for example dizziness for 20 years and already seen a specialist such as ear, nose and throat (ENT) or neurology)
Purely social breakdown
Recurrent admissions
- We may see people who have had recurrent admissions where emergency health care plan discussions are needed and medication review may be helpful.
- These patients are likely to be capacity dependent as our focus will be on patients who are experiencing acute deterioration.