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UNITED KINGDOM: CARING DIFFERENTLY: INTERMEDIATE CARE ‐ AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO SERVICE PROVISION IN RESPONSE TO CLIENT NEED AND WORKFORCE CHANGES IN THE NHS
Author(s) -
Vaughan Barbara
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.1998.00075.x
Subject(s) - workforce , service (business) , nursing , order (exchange) , work (physics) , function (biology) , public relations , business , quality (philosophy) , medicine , political science , marketing , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , finance , epistemology , evolutionary biology , law , biology
The King's Fund is an independant organisation whose prime function is to support development of health and social services. The following paper outlines one aspect of its work which is concerned with the introduction of so called ‘intermediate care’ services for people who need help during the transition between medical dependance and personal independance, but who do not require the specialist medical expertise provided in an acute hospital setting. It is argued that currently there are few services specifically designed to meet this group of patients needs and a ‘black hole’ exists in service provision. The purpose of such a service is to provide intensive therapy in order to maximise their ability to live independently, improve the quality of their lives, and provide the opportunity for them to learn greater self‐care skills in order that they can manage their own health more effectively in the longer term.