Project overview
Many older people within Hampshire and Isle of Wight (HIOW) live with several health conditions. These may suddenly worsen, requiring rapid assistance from healthcare professionals. Often it is best to provide this in the person’s own home, so urgent community-based services have expanded.
Despite this, many older people attend hospital within HIOW. Some are discharged within 24 hours, indicating they too might be better managed at home. Therefore, increasing home support is a priority. To achieve this, we need to understand how urgent care services for older people are currently working across both community and hospital settings.
Our project aims to understand current use of urgent care services for older people in HIOW, alongside factors that promote or hinder provision.
We will:
1. Establish the priorities of key stakeholders.
2. Describe the attributes of older people who are discharged within 24 hours from hospitals, who are seen by specialist teams for older people early in their arrival.
3. Explore experiences of healthcare professionals and patients regarding urgent care services for older people.
4. Learn the type and amount of data routinely collected within urgent community-based care services for older people within HIOW and whether we can link this together, to understand care pathways older people may experience.
Our results will describe the older people aided by urgent community-based services and those attending hospital who might be managed at home. It will describe factors that promote or hinder support at home. We will share findings within the region, to publicise the healthcare work in urgent care for older people. This will improve knowledge and aid in service design and delivery.
Despite this, many older people attend hospital within HIOW. Some are discharged within 24 hours, indicating they too might be better managed at home. Therefore, increasing home support is a priority. To achieve this, we need to understand how urgent care services for older people are currently working across both community and hospital settings.
Our project aims to understand current use of urgent care services for older people in HIOW, alongside factors that promote or hinder provision.
We will:
1. Establish the priorities of key stakeholders.
2. Describe the attributes of older people who are discharged within 24 hours from hospitals, who are seen by specialist teams for older people early in their arrival.
3. Explore experiences of healthcare professionals and patients regarding urgent care services for older people.
4. Learn the type and amount of data routinely collected within urgent community-based care services for older people within HIOW and whether we can link this together, to understand care pathways older people may experience.
Our results will describe the older people aided by urgent community-based services and those attending hospital who might be managed at home. It will describe factors that promote or hinder support at home. We will share findings within the region, to publicise the healthcare work in urgent care for older people. This will improve knowledge and aid in service design and delivery.
