TY - JOUR

T1 - Compiling, costing and funding complex packages of home-based health care

AU - Noyes, Jane

AU - Lewis, Mary

PY - 2007/6

Y1 - 2007/6

N2 - Nurses play a central role in putting together complex packages of care to support children with complex healthcare needs and their families in the community. However, there is little evidence or guidance to support this area of practice. At present, the process of compiling a care package and obtaining funding takes too long, causing significant delays in discharge and great frustration for parents, children and professionals. This article presents a combination of best practice guidance and, where possible, evidence-based principles that can be adapted and applied to an individual case irrespective of the child's diagnosis. The aim is to assist nurses and other healthcare professionals in organising funding for packages of care, bringing about the desired outcomes of successful discharge and appropriate community support. To work effectively as keyworkers for these children and families nurses need knowledge and skills in relation to: multidisciplinary assessment frameworks and processes, identifying appropriate models of service provision, costing care packages and approaches to obtaining funding. A further article next month will address risk management and clinical governance issues in delivering complex home-based care.

AB - Nurses play a central role in putting together complex packages of care to support children with complex healthcare needs and their families in the community. However, there is little evidence or guidance to support this area of practice. At present, the process of compiling a care package and obtaining funding takes too long, causing significant delays in discharge and great frustration for parents, children and professionals. This article presents a combination of best practice guidance and, where possible, evidence-based principles that can be adapted and applied to an individual case irrespective of the child's diagnosis. The aim is to assist nurses and other healthcare professionals in organising funding for packages of care, bringing about the desired outcomes of successful discharge and appropriate community support. To work effectively as keyworkers for these children and families nurses need knowledge and skills in relation to: multidisciplinary assessment frameworks and processes, identifying appropriate models of service provision, costing care packages and approaches to obtaining funding. A further article next month will address risk management and clinical governance issues in delivering complex home-based care.

KW - Benchmarking

KW - Caregivers

KW - Child

KW - Community Health Nursing

KW - Financing, Government

KW - Home Care Services

KW - Humans

KW - Needs Assessment

KW - State Medicine

KW - United Kingdom

KW - Journal Article

KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

M3 - Article

C2 - 17621781

VL - 19

SP - 28

EP - 32

JO - Paediatric Nursing

JF - Paediatric Nursing

SN - 0962-9513

IS - 5

ER -