Number of beds:

18

Accepts:

Medically stable patients for short-stay rehabilitation (typically less than 6 weeks)

Social care assessment

Palliative care

Staffing:

   Nurse

9.8 WTE

   Health care assistant

5.0 WTE

   Physiotherapist

0.5 WTE

   Occupational therapist

0.5 WTE

   Therapy helper

1.0 WTE

   Dietician

Weekly visits

   Speech and language therapist

Weekly visits

   Hospital practitioner

3 sessions weekly

   Consultant geriatrician

2 sessions weekly

+ out of hours cover by GPs

Average length of stay (year 2000)

15 days

% patients fulfilling definition for intermediate care*

80%

Outcome measure

Domain(s)

(sub-categories)

Number

of items

Score range

(worst → best)

Patient

Nottingham extended

Current extended activities of daily living

22

0 → 66

activities of daily living scale

(mobility)

(6)

(0 → 18)

(kitchen tasks)

(5)

(0 →15)

(domestic tasks)

(5)

(0 → 15)

(leisure activities)

(6)

(0 → 18)

Barthel index

Current basic activities of daily living

10

0 → 20

Nottingham health profile

Perceived state of health

(17)

(energy)

3

(100 → 0)

(pain)

8

(100 → 0)

(emotional reaction)

9

(100 → 0)

(sleep)

5

(100 → 0)

(social isolation)

5

(100 → 0)

Hospital anxiety and

Mood

14

depression scale (18)

(anxiety)

7

(21 → 0)

(depression)

7

(21 → 0)

Hospsat (19)

Satisfaction with services in hospital

8

Dissatisfied/satisfied

Homesat (19)

Satisfaction with services after discharge

5

Dissatisfied/satisfied

Carer

General health

Emotional stress

28

28 → 0

questionnaire 28

(somatic symptoms)

7

(21 → 0)

(anxiety and insomnia)

7

(21 → 0)

(social dysfunction)

7

(21 → 0)

(severe depression)

7

(21 → 0)

Carer strain index (20)

Burden of caring

13

13 → 0

Carer hospsat (21)

Satisfaction with services in hospital

4

Dissatisfied/satisfied

Carer homesat (21)

Satisfaction with services after discharge

5

Dissatisfied/satisfied