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Older People with Social Care Needs and Multiple Long-term Conditions [NG22]

Older People with Social Care Needs and Multiple Long-term Conditions [NG22]
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London. 2015


Project ID (Internal) 139
Project Status completed
Full Reference (text) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2018) Older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions. NICE Guideline [NG22]. [The guideline can be accessed here]
Full Reference (URL) https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng22
Summary / Abstract

This guideline covers planning and delivering social care and support for older people who have multiple long-term conditions. It promotes an integrated and person-centred approach to delivering effective health and social care services.

Recommendations
The guideline includes recommendations on:

identifying and assessing social care needs
care planning, including the role of the named care coordinator
supporting carers
integrating health and social care planning
delivering care
preventing social isolation
training health and social care practitioners

Who is it for?
Health and social care practitioners
Providers of care and support in health and social care services
Older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions (including both physical and mental health conditions), and their carers.
Commissioners should ensure any service specifications take into account the recommendations in this guideline.

Publication Title Older People with Social Care Needs and Multiple Long-term Conditions [NG22]
Author(s) The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Publication Details National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London.
Publication Year / End of Project 2015
Last Accessed 03/01/2019 12:00 am
Economic Report Authors Trachtenberg M and Fernandez JL
Economic Report Title Appendix C3: Cost-consequence and cost-utility analysis of an outpatient geriatric multidisciplinary assessment and case management intervention: the ‘GRACE’ model of care
Economic Report URL https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng22/evidence/appendix-c3-economic-report-pdf-552742674

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