Planning for care closer to home Derbyshire’s Integrated Care Systems (ICS) is called Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD) and is a partnership that brings together providers (those who deliver services) and commissioners (those who plan and buy services) with other local partners to collectively plan health and care services to meet the needs of the local population. There are 42 Integrated Care Systems in total, which cover all One of the aims of Joined Up Care Derbyshire is to plan, design and implement care closer to or in people’s parts of main England.
Planning for care closer to home
homes. This reduces the need for people to have a stay in hospital and support them to be discharged from hospital when medically assessed as ready to return home. This is done by ensuring that the appropriate level of care and support is available for people at the time they need it.
A stay in a hospital can have a debilitating impact on a person’s independence. People’s preferences for care are changing with more opting for care at home, or close to home in their own communities when possible.
One of the main aims of Joined Up Care Derbyshire is to plan, design and implement care closer to or in people’s 35% of 70-year-old patients for those homes. This reduces the need for people to have a stay in hospital and(increasing support themto to 65% be discharged from over 90toyears experience inappropriate their hospital when medically assessed as ready returnold) home. This is doneabydeterioration ensuring that the level of mobility and a loss of independence in relation to being care and support is available for people at the time they need it.
able to perform daily living tasks, such as dressing, toileting andonbathing, asindependence. a result of aPeople’s stay in preferences hospital. for care are A stay in a hospital can have a debilitating impact a person’s changing with more opting for care at home, or close to home in their own communities when possible. Joined Up Care Derbyshire’s ambition for care and treatment is outlined below:
35% of 70-year-old patients (increasing to 65% for those over 90 years old) experience a deterioration in their Prevention: mobility and a wherever loss of independence in relation being Ensuring that illness is prevented possible. People are helped to to stay well, able to perform dailythe living tasks,ofsuch as dressing, manage their own health, and recognise importance identifying symptoms and bathing, as a lives. result of a stay in hospital. early on, so theytoileting can lead happier and healthier
Community:
Joined Up Care Derbyshire’s ambition for care and treatment is outlined below: Ensuring where illness cannot be prevented it is treated in the community and primary care (for example, at your local GP surgery). This will ensure that people are increasingly cared for in their own home, and remain independent for as long as illness possible. Ensuring that is prevented wherever possible. People are helped to stay well, manage their own health, and recognise the importance of identifying symptoms early on, so they can lead happier and healthier lives.
Prevention:
Secondary care treatment:
If care is required in hospital, it is important that treatment is provided without having to stay in hospital as an inpatient wherever possible.
Community:
Ensuring where illness cannot be prevented it is treated in the community and primary care (for example, at your local GP surgery). This will ensure that people are increasingly cared for in their own home, and remain independent for as long as possible. If an inpatient stay is needed, when people no longer need a hospital bed it is important they are supported to return home as soon as possible.
Support to go home:
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Secondary care treatment: If care is required in hospital, it is important that treatment is provided without
