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Home-based intermediate care

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Home-based intermediate care

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Care and Support Statutory Guidance, chapter 2

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(From Care and Support Statutory Guidance, para 2.12) Services provided to people in their own homes by a team with different specialities but mainly health professionals such as nurses and therapists

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Home-based intermediate care

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NHS England Intermediate Care Programme (based on NICE NG74)

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What and where? - Community-based services that provide assessment and interventions to people in their own homes (or care homes). For most people interventions last up to 6 weeks. Why? - Aims to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, support faster recovery from illness, support timely discharge from hospital, and maximise independent living. Who? - Delivered by multidisciplinary teams but most commonly by healthcare professionals or care staff (in care homes).

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Home-based intermediate care

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NICE Guideline NG74 - Intermediate care including reablement

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Community-based services that provide assessment and interventions to people in their own home or a care home. These services aim to prevent hospital admissions, support faster recovery from illness, support timely discharge from hospital, and maximise independent living. For most people interventions last up to 6 weeks. Services are delivered by a multidisciplinary team but most commonly by healthcare professionals or care staff (in care homes).

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