Trinity Hospice

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Trinity Hospice

• Hospice _at_ Home Feasibility Study

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Aim of H_at_H service

• Improve quality of care for patients dying at
  home
• Increase the number of patients dying in their
  preferred place of care
• Decrease number of inappropriate hospital
  admissions

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Aim of the feasibility study

• Research and propose a model of care
• Cost the model
• Versus cost of hospital care
• Versus cost of hospice care

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Activities

• Literature review
• Review of existing services
• Draft model of care
• Case note review of TH patients who died in
  hospital
• Prospective review of existing patients
  virtual H_at_H service
• Cost of H_at_H, hospice and hospital inpatient

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Key features of proposed model

• H_at_H staff Health care assistants
• Primary health care team remain at core of
  service
• Referral from health care professionals in
  service area
• H_at_H does not replace normal community services

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Contact details

• Rebecca Macnair
• rmcnair_at_trinityhospice.org.uk
• rmacnair_at_tiscali.co.uk
• 0777 377 0461