Introducing a health awareness day for the over-75s.
Working jointly, a community staff nurse from a district nursing team within North Bradford Primary Care Trust, and a health visitor (who has a remit to work with the elderly) audited their general practice's method of offering all over-75-year-olds a routine annual health check. They found that the method, level and nature of the assessment were not standardized and were organization-led rather than patient-led. This group of patients was not receiving the best service that could be offered. A more integrated approach was needed, and the idea of a 'health awareness day' was developed. Evaluation of the day showed that it was successful in raising health awareness and in increasing referrals to the GP for a variety of problems.
Dobrzanska
Linda
L
North Bradford Primary Care Trust. l.dobrzanska@bradford.ac.uk
Dean
Joanne
J
Graham
Fiona
F
D000368:Aged; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009731:Nursing Audit; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D006113:United Kingdom