Hospitalisation
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Breastfeeding and hospitalisation | Australian Breastfeeding Association
IntroductionWhen a mother or her child needs hospital care, it is natural for her to worry whether breastfeeding will be affected. She may have questions about breastfeeding, expressing milk and sometimes even weaning. Mostly it is possible and better to keep going.
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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARE HOSPITALISED A Guide for People with Spinal Cord Injury
People with spinal cord injury (SCI) have specific needs and are at higher risk of some complications. SCI is a relatively uncommon condition, and the healthcare facility at which you present to or are taken to may be unfamiliar with the management of some of these complications. This guide aims to help you with advocating and directing your care whilst you are in hospital to prevent and address some of these complications. Most health professionals will have the expertise to manage these issues if alerted to your needs.
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Experiences of hospitalisation for postnatal depression
Parents talked about their or their partners’ experiences of being admitted, the treatment and support received in hospital, and their feelings about their experience.
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Spina Bifida - Hospital admissions | Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
Some hospital admissions are unavoidable
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Immunisation Coalition | Influenza and Children - Immunisation Coalition
Influenza is the leading cause of hospitalisation among Australian children under five. Vaccination is the most effective way of protecting them against influenza.
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Immunisation Coalition | Influenza-65 years and over - Immunisation Coalition
Influenza can cause serious complications and hospitalisation for people 65 years and older. Because of this free influenza vaccine is available to people 65 years and older.
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Campaign Resources
These campaign resources will help you to gain a better understanding of the Caring for Cognitive Impairment Campaign.
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Discharge from hospital - the options
Discharge planning is a process that involves the patient, carer, family and any staff involved in the patient's care. The aim of discharge planning is to ensure a safe and smooth discharge from hospital - whether to home, residential care or another location.
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Spinal Cord Injury - Hospital admissions and Spinal Cord Injury | Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
Some hospital admissions are unavoidable
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Discharge from hospital | ACT Health
Discharge planning for when you leave the hospital, is an important part of our patient management and commences on admission.
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Day hospital versus admission for acute psychiatric disorders | Cochrane
Day hospitals are a less restrictive alternative to inpatient admission for people who are acutely and severely mentally ill. This review compares acute day hospital care to inpatient care. We found that at least one in five patients currently admitted to inpatient care could feasibly be cared for in an acute day hospital. Patients treated in the day hospital had the same levels of treatment satisfaction and quality of life as those cared for as inpatients. The day hospital patients were also no more likely to be unemployed at the end of their care.
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Movement between hospital and residential aged care 2008-09 (AIHW)
This report examines movements between hospital and residential aged care by people aged 65 and over in 2008-09. Overall, almost 10% of 1.1 million hospitalisations for older people were for people already living in residential aged care. A further 3% of hospitalisations for older people ended with the patient being newly admitted into residential care. This report also describes the characteristics of people moving between the two sectors, and short-term outcomes for people going into residential care.
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'Hospital at home' services to avoid admission to hospital | Cochrane
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Day hospital versus outpatient care for people with schizophrenia | Cochrane
Psychiatric day hospitals offer care that is less restrictive than inpatient care but more intense than outpatient care. Day hospitals can be used to provide more intense/specialised outpatient care to people resistant to treatment (day treatment programmes) or to those needing long-term care (day care centres). They can also bridge the gap between inpatient and outpatient care (transitional day hospitals). This review compared day hospital care (in day treatment centres and transitional day hospitals) to outpatient care. Overall there was insufficient evidence to determine whether any of the three types of day hospital care had substantial advantages over outpatient care.
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Dementia care in hospitals: costs and strategies (AIHW)
This report estimates the cost of caring for people with dementia in New South Wales hospitals, and presents strategies and practices being implemented in Australia and internationally that might improve outcomes for people with dementia and reduce care costs. The average cost of hospital care for people with dementia was generally higher than for people without dementia ($7,720 compared with $5,010 per episode). The total cost of hospital care for these patients was estimated to be $462.9 million, of which around $162.5 million may be associated with dementia.
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Trends in hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia 1999-00 to 2010-11 (AIHW)
This report focuses on trends in fall-related hospital care for people aged 65 and older from 1999-00 to 2010-11. While age-standardised rates of fall injury cases increased over the 12 years to June 2011, the rate of hip fractures due to falls decreased. The patient days for hospital care directly attributable to fall-related injury doubled over the study period.
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Services for patients discharged home early | Cochrane
There continues to be, in some countries, more demand for acute care hospital beds than there are beds. One way to free up beds to make room for other people being admitted is to discharge patients home early. But the patients who are discharged still need acute care.Therefore, special home services have been developed. These services are usually provided by a team of health care professionals, such as doctors, nurses and physiotherapists.The team visits the home of people who have been discharged early to provide them with acute hospital care in their homes.
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Australian sports injury hospitalisations 2011-12 (AIHW)
During 2011-12, over 36,000 people aged 15 and over were hospitalised as the result of an injury sustained while playing sport. This represented 8% of all injury hospitalisations during that year. Around two thirds of those admitted to hospital were aged under 35 and over three quarters were men.
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Hospitalisations due to falls by older people, Australia: 2009-10 (AIHW)
This report is the sixth in a series on hospitalisations due to falls by Australians aged 65 and over, and focuses on 2009-10.The estimated number of hospitalised injury cases due to falls in older people was 83,800 - more than 5,100 extra cases than in 2008-09 - and about 70% of these falls happened in either the home or an aged care facility.One in every 10 days spent in hospital by a person aged 65 and older in 2009-10 was directly attributable to an injurious fall (1.3 million patient days over the year), and the average total length of stay per fall injury case was estimated to be 15.5 days.
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Corticosteroids for hospitalised children with acute asthma | Cochrane
An acute asthma attack in a child often results in a trip to the hospital. In the emergency department steroid drugs are given which may improve the child's condition and allow them to be sent home after a few hours observation. However, some children require continued treatment in hospital. This review asked the question "do steroid drugs help children admitted to hospital with asthma?" We found that steroids given by mouth or through an intravenous tube help children recover from acute asthma. The benefits may include earlier discharge or a shorter stay in hospital. Children were less likely to come back to hospital in the one to three months following the admission. However, the evidence was not overwhelming due to the limited number of studies available and different medicines used. Further research needs to concentrate on the best medications to use and the best route of administration.
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