Care home medicine - WB

Question 1

Residential vs nursing home

Answer 1

• Residential - accomodation and personal care eg help with washing/dressing, taking meds, going to toilet, some offer activities within and outside of care home
• Nursing home - provide personal care but always 1 or more qualified nurses. Some offer services for people that need more care and support eg learning disability, dementia, other MH conditions or NG tube management

Question 2

Cost of care home

Answer 2

• £600 per week for residential home
• £800 per week for nursing home
• Either pay for own care or financial help from local authority via adult social care or financial help from family

Question 3

NHS long term plan for care homes

Answer 3

• Access to weekly care home wrd round by primary care MDT
• Via primary care network
• = integrated system working

Question 4

Implicit vs explicit bias

Answer 4

• Implicit - subconscious bias, we are often not aware of it, affects judgement and behaviour in subtle ways
• Explicit - beliefs and attitudes that are consciously held and person is aware of, openly expressed

Question 5

Medical model vs social model

Answer 5

• Medical - symptoms/cause –> diagnosis –> treatment –> care
• Social - person with different needs –> disabled by barriers in society –> remove barriers –> person is enabled