Case management
To help assess the changing nature of case management, Heidi Stevens has produced a research protocol, ‘The effectiveness of a case management approach to care for adults who suffer trauma through injury: protocol for a systematic review’. Here, she discusses her aims and ambitions for the protocol, which is set to be released later this month.
What is your background and what are you doing currently? I am an associate public health nutritionist and have just started working on a systematic review for Teesside University investigating weight management interventions for people with severe mental health issues.
The use of telerehabilitation has an important role in the future of case management, but a case-by-case approach and better patient education is needed to ensure its continuing efficacy, a new report has concluded.
While it is accepted as a safe and effective means of service delivery for initial triage, immediate needs assessment and subsequent case management and treatment coordination phases - backed by clinical support where needed - the research recommends that a number of factors need to be considered on a patient-by-patient basis to fulfil an effective consultation.
The UK faces a “tidal wave” of brain injury rehab need post COVID-19, with a huge increase in reliance on private and charitable sectors due to stretched NHS resources, new research shows.
The extent of the expected impact on resources over the coming months is laid bare in newly-released research, which reveals 89 per cent of case managers across the UK expect a deluge in demand for rehabilitation resources.
The Covid-19 epidemic has had a disproportionate impact on societies most vulnerable, due to social, financial and medical needs, write legal executive Jack Sales and clinical case manager Alexandra Hitchcock...
With many clients falling into this category case managers and solicitors have needed to continue to work in a collaborative and responsive fashion in order to best respond to the clients’ changing needs. This is compounded when the client is not the only person in the household and their care team’s needs also need to be considered. Elderly family members and those with other medical conditions along with roommates working from home, children requiring home schooling and regular paid carers needing to self-isolate have made supporting clients’ needs more challenging.
In the latest instalment of our new video series, Vicki Gilman speaks to Sarah Clayton, chief executive of Simple Stuff Works, an organisation focused on postural management for adults and children.
NR Times has launched a new video series which sets case manager Vicki Gilman on a mission to uncover new and exciting approaches, ideas and developments in neuro-rehab.
A case manager’s role in a seriously injured person recovery cannot be understated, write David Withers, partner at Irwin Mitchell.
Having worked as a neurosciences occupational therapist in the NHS for more than 15 years, it felt somewhat surreal leaving behind my team and service, which had become deeply embedded in my daily routine. The opportunity to undertake an exciting new challenge in my career, despite the anxieties of the unknown and a loyalty to a service of which I was extremely fond and proud, paved the way for a move that in the end proved difficult to decline. Before I could hesitate, I was driving to Cornwall to complete an immediate needs assessment and I was delighted to complete my report within the 21-day deadline. Phew! I reflect on my first year in case management noting the increased consumption of coffee but more significantly with immense pride of my achievements.
By this definition, case management can be seen as a shared creative process, undertaken by a professional and their client, aimed at identifying solutions to address the client’s unmet needs and helping them to achieve their goals in a resource-efficient manner. Research has consistently shown the inextricable link between biomedical health, psychological wellbeing and social factors. In the context of case management, in order to maximise clients’ rehabilitation potential, biomedical issues should therefore not be isolated from their psychological and social counterparts as these components are interconnected and interrelated.
Litigation and case management includes working with clients who have had life-changing injuries that may have been caused by anything from a car accident, through to medical malpractice and negligence. Innova specialises in designing and installing specialist equipment like ceiling track hoist systems and hydrotherapy pools as part of home adaptations. Case management specialist Jason Fulcher joined Innova at the beginning of February and will work
