ESHT Frailty Practitioner service

We are so proud of our colleague Hannah for this poem inspired by a patient she worked with recently. Hannah is currently working with our local virtual wards to provide expert frailty input. #Frailty #HospitalatHome #notjustapatient #personcentredcare

Spoiler alert: improving psychological and cognitive status, improved psychotropic prescribing, orthostatic hypotension and mobility likely to reduce the risk of progressing from having a single fall to being a "faller". Great work @tilda_tcd!

🔄Personalised care is at the heart of what we do here in the Frailty Service. We complete a comprehensive geriatric assessment with each patient, identifying ongoing health issues or concerns then make an ongoing plan with referrals to other members of the MDT. 👩‍🦳👨‍🦳🧓

Our second video. How to identify frailty. Full video at vm.tiktok.com/ZGJ7d9G5e/

As Frailty Practitioners we have RESPECT discussions and discuss future care plans with all our patients. We Especially consider ceilings of care and planning for the end-of-life phase with all patients who have a CFS of 7.

When considering Frailty its important to be aware of the associated increased length of stay, readmission rate and in-patient mortality as CFS rises

We assess patients by completing a CGA - Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. This helps us ensure we've covered all areas of assessment and every patient recieves the same depth of assessment.

As Frailty Practitioners we often meet patients who have experienced delirium during their acute illness and admission. twitter.com/DementiaUK/sta…

9) @MDTea_podcast If you work with older adults and want to know more about a condition, presentation or issue related to older people and their healthcare @MDTea_podcast have probably covered it!

8) DNACPR and advance care planning and the law in the area from Mental Capacity Law and Policy blog. mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/dnacpr-and-adv…

Want to know more about Frailty? Not sure where to start? Here's a collection of our favorite frailty resources. Feel free to add any we've missed to the list!

There are many causes of distress in people with #delirium. ➧ Distress can lead to agitation. ➧ Agitation can lead to often inappropriate drug Rx. Always ask: ⚡ WHY is this person distressed / agitated? ⚡