{"id":102,"date":"2010-11-12T16:59:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T16:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=102"},"modified":"2015-06-12T16:47:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:47:37","slug":"5-early-supported-dischargereablementcommunity-rehabillitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"From hospital to home-Intermediate care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3088\" title=\"Intermediate care being provided to an eldery lady in her own home\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/intermediate_care.jpg\" alt=\"Intermediate care being provided to an eldery lady in her own home\" width=\"401\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/intermediate_care.jpg 401w, https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/intermediate_care-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><br \/>\nAcross Scotland the drive towards increased care at home and reduced length of stay in hospital has seen growth of specialist community services. These community services have different names in different areas but most will involve some rehabilitation and provision of a service either short or long term to ease the\u00a0change from hospital to home.\u00a0 These services are known collectively as <strong>Intermediate Care<\/strong>. Some services will be stroke specific and some will be general rehabilitation teams.<\/p>\n<p>Such intermediate care teams will aim to provide the following.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comprehensive assessment and<strong> <\/strong>structured<strong> <\/strong>plan for care which includes active therapy, treatment and recovery at home.<\/li>\n<li>Extra help for people who would otherwise face unnecessary hospital admission or a long hospital stay as an in patient<\/li>\n<li>Services to increase independence of the person to enable them to resume living at home safely.<\/li>\n<li>Health and social care staff working jointly to meet the needs of the patient at home using shared assessment and processes to avoid repetition for the carer and patient.<\/li>\n<li>To offer short term services (usually less than six weeks) to enable the person to learn or re learn skills needed to live at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of the names of these teams may differ depending on what services are available locally in your area. <strong>Rapid Response,<\/strong> <strong>Early Supported Discharge, Re-ablement, Community Outreach\u00a0or Community Rehabilitation <\/strong>are names which may be used. In rural areas some of these services may be linked to your local <strong>Community Hospital or Day Hospital. <\/strong>Some services may be provided by <strong>Nurse Led Unit or Stroke Team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the\u00a0person still has ongoing rehabilitation goals to\u00a0achieve with graded support and further training\u00a0at home, one of these intermediate care teams may be involved.\u00a0The team is usually made up of several disciplines such as Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Nursing or trained care workers. Goals which have been started in hospital can be continued\u00a0at home. Some tasks which cannot be done in hospital such as outdoor mobility\u00a0are best done\u00a0from\u00a0home.\u00a0Intermediate care\u00a0teams can work with carers to help you to be safe and confident in aspects of the carer role. Once this service finishes if the person still requires continued support and has had a <strong>needs assessment<\/strong>\u00a0 a <strong>care package<\/strong> can be arranged to meet this ongoing need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Across Scotland the drive towards increased care at home and reduced length of stay in hospital has seen growth of specialist community services. 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