At Colchester General Hospital,Essex we have been having discussions with
the MDT (multidisciplinary team) for some while about a way forward for our
MDT use of outcome measures.
We have now developed a booklet of collated measures which may be used with
elderly patients and since the staff are finding them useful more and more
with stroke or other complicated rehab patients.
The booklet is easy to access in the patients notes and is being used often
by the team to inform discharge decisions at our ward rounds and MDT
meetings.
So far we have carried out one 6 week audit on its use.Results are very
promising.
The booklet includes:
Elderly Mobility Score
T.U.S.S.(Timed Unsupported Steady Stand)
180* turn
Berg Balance Scale
Rivermead Mobility Index
Modified Barthel
Mental Test Score
Geriatric Depression Scale
Speech and Language Therapy grid
Nutrition Assessment
Nursing Dependency Score
All scales are supposedly standard, valid and reliable.
If you would like more details you can e mail me direct
Rebecca Impson MCSP
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