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[null,"Baseline assessment tool for Intermediate care including reablement (NICE clinical guideline NG74)"]
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[null,"This baseline assessment tool can be used to evaluate whether practice is in line with the recommendations in intermediate care including reablement.  It can also help to plan activity to meet the recommendations."]
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[null,"The tool can be used by individual services or organisations. Alternatively, an assessment completed with the involvement of all relevant services or organisations would help to develop a picture of activity in the local area."]
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[null,"It should be used in conjunction with Intermediate care including reablement (NICE clinical guideline NG74)."]
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[null,"In the first instance, consider whether the guideline is relevant and record the conclusion in the box below."]
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[null,"Is the guideline relevant?"]
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[null,"The data sheet contains the recommendations from the guideline. Information can be entered about current activity relevant to the recommendation, actions needed to meet the recommendation, deadlines and the names of the responsible leads.  Useful documents can be added as hyperlinks."]
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[null,"The table can be adapted to include any other local information that is thought to be useful."]
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[null,"If it would be helpful to group the recommendations, for example those that are key priorities for implementation or by deadline, use the filter function in the data menu. "]
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[null,"Tools and resources to help put the guidance into practice are available on the NICE website. "]
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[null,"National Institute for Health and Care Excellence\nLevel 1A, City Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester M1 4BT; www.nice.org.uk\n\nCopyright\n© National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 2017. All rights reserved. \n"]

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[null,"Baseline assessment tool for Intermediate care including reablement (NICE clinical NG74)"]
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[null,"1.1 Core principles of intermediate care, including reablement"]
[null,"Ensure that intermediate care practitioners:\n• develop goals in a collaborative way that optimises independence and wellbeing\n• adopt a person-centred approach, taking into account cultural differences and preferences. \n","1.1.1."]
[null,"At all stages of assessment and delivery, ensure good communication between intermediate care practitioners and:\n• other agencies \n• people using the service and their families and carers. \n","1.1.2"]
[null,"Intermediate care practitioners should:\n• work in partnership with the person to find out what they want to achieve and understand what motivates them\n• focus on the person's own strengths and help them realise their potential to regain independence\n• build the person’s knowledge, skills, resilience and confidence\n• learn to observe and guide and not automatically intervene, even when the person is struggling to perform an activity, such as dressing themselves or preparing a snack\n• support positive risk taking.\n","1.1.3"]
[null,"Ensure that the person using intermediate care and their family and carers know who to speak to if they have any questions or concerns about the service, and how to contact them.","1.1.4"]
[null,"Offer the person the information they need to make decisions about their care and support, and to get the most out of the intermediate care service. Offer this information in a range of accessible formats, for example:\n• verbally\n• in written format (in plain English)\n• in other accessible formats, such as braille or Easy Read\n• translated into other languages\n• provided by a trained, qualified interpreter.\n","1.1.5"]
[null,"1.2 Supporting infrastructure"]
[null,"Consider making home-based intermediate care, reablement, bed-based intermediate care and crisis response all available locally. Deliver these services in an integrated way so that people can move easily between them, depending on their changing support needs.","1.2.1"]
[null,"Ensure that intermediate care is provided in an integrated way by working towards the following:\n• a single point of access for those referring to the service\n• a management structure across all services that includes a single accountable person, such as a team leader\n• a single assessment process\n• a shared understanding of what intermediate care aims to do \n• an agreed approach to outcome measurement for reporting and benchmarking.\n","1.2.2"]
[null,"Contract and monitor intermediate care in a way that allows services to be flexible and person centred. For recommendations on delivering flexible services, see NICE’s guideline on home care.","1.2.3"]
[null,"Ensure that intermediate care teams work proactively with practitioners referring into the service so they understand:\n• the service and what it involves\n• how it differs from other services \n• the ethos of intermediate care, specifically that it aims to support people to build independence and improve their quality of life \n• that intermediate care is free for the period of delivery.\n","1.2.4"]
[null,"Ensure that mechanisms are in place to promote good communication within intermediate care teams. These might include:\n• regular team meetings to share feedback and review progress\n• shared notes\n• opportunities for team members to express their views and concerns.\n","1.2.5"]
[null,"Ensure that the intermediate care team has a clear route of referral to and engagement with commonly used services, for example:\n• general practice\n• podiatry \n• pharmacy \n• mental health and dementia services\n• specialist and longer-term rehabilitation services\n• housing services\n• voluntary, community and faith services\n• specialist advice, for example around cultural or language issues.","1.2.6"]
[null,"Consider deploying staff flexibly across intermediate care, where possible following the person from hospital to a community bed‑based service or directly to their home.","1.2.7"]
[null,"Ensure that the composition of intermediate care teams reflects the different needs and circumstances of people using the service.","1.2.8"]
[null,"Ensure that intermediate care teams include a broad range of disciplines. The core team should include practitioners with skills and competences in the following:\n• delivering intermediate care packages \n• nursing\n• social work\n• therapies, for example occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy \n• comprehensive geriatric assessment.\n","1.2.9"]
[null,"1.3 Assessment of need for intermediate care"]
[null,"This section relates to the assessment of a person's support needs. It could be undertaken by a range of professionals, for example therapists, nursing staff or social workers, working in various locations. It aims to ensure that the type of intermediate care support is appropriate for the person’s needs and circumstances."]
[null,"Assess people for intermediate care if it is likely that specific support and rehabilitation would improve their ability to live independently and they:\n• are at risk of hospital admission or have been in hospital and need help to regain independence or\n• are living at home and having increasing difficulty with daily life through illness or disability. \n","1.3.1"]
[null,"Do not exclude people from intermediate care based on whether they have a particular condition, such as dementia, or live in particular circumstances, such as prison, residential care or temporary accommodation.","1.3.2"]
[null,"During assessment identify the person's abilities, needs and wishes so that they can be referred for the most appropriate support.","1.3.3"]
[null,"Actively involve people using services (and their families and carers, as appropriate) in assessments for intermediate care and in decisions such as the setting in which it is provided.","1.3.4"]
[null,"When assessing people for intermediate care, explain to them (and their families and carers, as appropriate) about advocacy services and how to contact them if they wish.","1.3.5"]
[null,"1.4  Referral into intermediate care"]
[null,"People may be referred into the services described in this section by either health or social care practitioners. The setting in which intermediate care is provided will vary depending on how different areas configure the service to meet local circumstances and needs. Intermediate care could be commissioned by either health or social care commissioners, or jointly as part of an integrated working approach.."]
[null,"Consider providing intermediate care to people in their own homes wherever practical, making any adjustments, for example equipment or adaptations, needed to enable this to happen.","1.4.1"]
[null,"Offer reablement as a first option to people being considered for home care, if it has been assessed that reablement could improve their independence.","1.4.2"]
[null,"For people already using home care, consider reablement as part of the review or reassessment process. Be aware that this may mean providing reablement alongside home care. Take into account the person's needs and preferences when considering reablement and work closely with the home care provider.","1.4.3"]
[null,"Consider reablement for people living with dementia, to support them to maintain and improve their independence and wellbeing.","1.4.4"]
[null,"Consider bed-based intermediate care for people who are in an acute but stable condition but not fit for safe transfer home. Be aware that if the move to bed-based intermediate care takes longer than 2 days it is likely to be less successful.","1.4.5"]
[null,"Refer people to crisis response if they have experienced an urgent increase in health or social care needs and:\n• the cause of the deterioration has been identified \n• their support can be safely managed in their own home or care home\n• the need for more detailed medical assessments has been addressed. \n","1.4.6"]
[null,"The crisis response service should raise awareness of its purpose and function among other local services such as housing and the voluntary sector. This means making sure they understand:\n• the service and what it involves\n• how it differs from other types of intermediate care\n• how to refer to the service. \n","1.4.7"]
[null,"1.5 Entering intermediate care"]
[null,"Discuss with the person the aims and objectives of intermediate care and record these discussions. In particular, explain clearly:\n• that intermediate care is designed to support them to live more independently, achieve their own goals and have a better quality of life\n• that intermediate care works with existing support networks, including friends, family and carers\n• how working closely together and taking an active part in their support can produce the best outcomes. \n","1.5.1"]
[null,"When a person starts using intermediate care, give their family and carers:\n• information about the service's aims, how it works and the support it will and will not provide \n• information about resources in the local community that can support them\n• opportunities to express their wishes and preferences, alongside those of the person using the service \n• opportunities to ask questions about the service and what it involves.\n","1.5.2"]
[null,"For bed-based intermediate care, start the service within 2 days of receiving an appropriate referral. Be aware that delays in starting intermediate care increase the risk of further deterioration and reduced independence.","1.5.3"]
[null,"Crisis response"]
[null,"Ensure that the crisis response can be started within 2 hours from receipt of a referral when necessary.","1.5.4"]
[null,"As part of the assessment process, ensure that crisis response services identify the person’s ongoing support needs and make arrangements for the person’s ongoing support.","1.5.5"]
[null,"Establish close links between crisis response and diagnostics (for example, GP, X‑ray or blood tests) so that people can be diagnosed quickly if needed.","1.5.6"]
[null,"Person-centred planning"]
[null,"When planning the person’s intermediate care:\n• assess and promote the person’s ability to self-manage\n• tell the person what will be involved\n• be aware that the person needs to give consent for their information to be shared\n• tell the person that intermediate care is a short-term service and explain what is likely to happen afterwards.\n","1.5.7"]
[null,"Carry out a risk assessment as part of planning for intermediate care and then regularly afterwards, as well as when something significant changes. This should include:\n• assessing the risks associated with the person carrying out particular activities, including taking and looking after their own medicines \n• assessing the risks associated with their environment\n• balancing the risk of a particular activity with the person’s wishes, wellbeing, independence and quality of life. \n\nFor recommendations on supporting people in residential care to take and look after their medicines themselves, see NICE’s guidelines on managing medicines in care homes and medicines optimisation. \n[This recommendation is adapted from NICE’s guideline on home care.]\n","1.5.8"]
[null,"Complete and document a risk plan with the person (and their family and carers, as appropriate) as part of the intermediate care planning process. Ensure that the risk plan includes:\n• strategies to manage risk; for example, specialist equipment, use of verbal prompts and use of support from others\n• the implications of taking the risk for the person and the member of staff.\n[This recommendation is adapted from NICE’s guideline on home care.]\n","1.5.9"]
[null,"Agreeing goals "]
[null,"Discuss and agree intermediate care goals with the person. Make sure these goals:\n• are based on specific and measurable outcomes \n• take into account the person’s health and wellbeing \n• reflect what the intermediate care service is designed to achieve\n• reflect what the person wants to achieve both during the period in intermediate care, and in the longer term\n• take into account how the person is affected by their conditions or experiences\n• take into account the best interests and expressed wishes of the person.","1.5.10"]
[null,"Recognise that participation in social and leisure activities are legitimate goals of intermediate care.","1.5.11"]
[null,"Document the intermediate care goals in an accessible format and give a copy to the person, and to their family and carers if the person agrees to this.","1.5.12"]
[null,"1.6 Delivering intermediate care"]
[null,"Take a flexible, outcomes-focused approach to delivering intermediate care that is tailored to the person’s social, emotional and cognitive and communication needs and abilities.","1.6.1"]
[null,"Review people's goals with them regularly. Adjust the period of intermediate care depending on the progress people are making towards their goals. ","1.6.2"]
[null,"Ensure that staff across organisations work together to coordinate review and reassessment, building on current assessment and information. Develop integrated ways of working, for example, joint meetings and training and multidisciplinary team working.","1.6.3"]
[null,"Ensure that specialist support is available to people who need it (for example, in response to complex health conditions), either by training intermediate care staff or by working with specialist organisations. [This recommendation is adapted from NICE’s guideline on home care.]","1.6.4"]
[null,"Ensure that an intermediate care diary (or record) is completed and kept with the person. This should:\n• provide a detailed day-to-day log of all the support given, documenting the person’s progress towards goals and highlighting their needs, preferences and experiences\n• be updated by intermediate care staff at every visit\n• be accessible to the person themselves, who should be encouraged to read and contribute to it \n• keep the person, (and their family and carers, as appropriate) and other staff fully informed about what has been provided and about any incidents or changes.\n","1.6.5"]
[null,"Ensure that intermediate care staff avoid missing visits to people’s homes. Be aware that missing visits can have serious implications for the person’s health or wellbeing, particularly if they live alone or lack mental capacity. [This recommendation is adapted from NICE’s guideline on home care.]","1.6.6"]
[null,"Contact the person (or their family or carer) if intermediate care staff are going to be late or unable to visit. [This recommendation is adapted from NICE’s guideline on home care.]","1.6.7"]
[null,"1.7 Transition from intermediate care"]
[null,"Before the person finishes intermediate care, providers of intermediate care should give them information about how they can refer themselves back into the service, should their needs or circumstances change.","1.7.1"]
[null,"Ensure good communication between intermediate care staff and other agencies. There should be a clear plan for when people transfer between services, or when the intermediate care service ends. This should:\n• be documented and agreed with the person and their family or carers\n• include contact details for the service\n• include a contingency plan should anything go wrong. \n\nFor recommendations on communication during transition between services, see NICE’s guideline on transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs.\n","1.7.2"]
[null,"Give people information about other sources of support available at the end of intermediate care, including support for carers. ","1.7.3"]
[null,"1.8 Training and development"]
[null,"Ensure that all staff delivering intermediate care understand:\n• the service and what it involves\n• the roles and responsibilities of all team members\n• how it differs from other services \n• the ethos of intermediate care, specifically that it aims to support people to build independence\n• how to work collaboratively with people to agree person-centred goals\n• positive risk taking. \n","1.8.1"]
[null,"Ensure that intermediate care staff are able to recognise and respond to:\n• common conditions, such as diabetes; mental health and neurological conditions, including dementia; frailty; stroke; physical and learning disabilities; sensory loss; and multi-morbidity \n• common support needs, such as nutrition, hydration, continence, and issues related to overall skin integrity\n• common support needs, such as dealing with bereavement and end of life\n• deterioration in the person’s health or circumstances.\n[This recommendation is adapted from NICE’s guideline on home care.]","1.8.2"]
[null,"Provide intermediate care staff with opportunities for:\n• observing the work of another member of staff\n• enhancing their knowledge and skills in relation to delivering intermediate care \n• reflecting on their practice together.\nDocument these development activities and record that people have achieved the required level of competence.\n","1.8.3"]
[null,"Ensure that intermediate care staff have the skills to support people to:\n• optimise recovery\n• take control of their lives \n• regain as much independence as possible.\n","1.8.4"]