Enhanced Care in Care Homes: Admission avoidance in care home, Rotherham

Dr Rod Kersh, Consultant Geriatrician, Rotherham

I have been supporting a local 90 bed nursing home as a partner at Manor Field Surgery in Maltby. In one and a half sessions a week I review the residents of the care home and support multidisciplinary working, comprehensive geriatric assessment, advance care planning and admission avoidance. Avoiding uncessary hospital attendances by frail older people is fundamental in ensuring wellbeing!