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Children and young people requiring home assisted ventilation in the South of England: incidence, receipt of care support and components of the care package
Author(s) -
While Alison E.,
Cockett Andrea M.,
Lewis Samantha
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1002/chi.792
Subject(s) - receipt , outreach , incidence (geometry) , medicine , sample (material) , nursing , residential care , accommodation , family medicine , psychology , business , chemistry , physics , accounting , optics , chromatography , neuroscience , political science , law
The study found an increasing number of ventilator dependent children and young people living at home. Almost three quarters of the sample had a physical disability as a result of or in addition to their primary diagnosis. There was wide variation in the amount of paid care supporting these families which appeared unrelated to the level of ventilatory dependence. Nurses working in community children's teams or hospital outreach teams were the most frequent care organisers and care managers. The majority of the care packages were funded by Health Authorities.