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Improving Delivery of Home Nursing Care. Andrew Jones-Roberts RDNS David Coombe GISCA National Centre for Social Applications of GIS. The challenge - contract. The challenge - clients. The challenge - staff. The challenge – cars / resources. Service planning.
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Improving Delivery of Home Nursing Care Andrew Jones-Roberts RDNS David Coombe GISCANational Centre for Social Applications of GIS
Service planning • What does the ageing population mean for your service? • Is access to your service equitable across your catchment? • Is there a shift happening re where older people live? • How can you capitalise on your data and new technologies to improve planning?
Preparing the data - RDNS • Existing client database • Unique ID • Name • Address • Age • Visit information (number of, type, & hours) • Language spoken
Preparing the data - GISCA Insert GISCA data base showing added columns. Eg. • Geocode, • SLA short code • RDNS clients by age groups (eg 65+, 75+)
Preparing the data - RDNS RDNS client data RDNS sites Geo-coded to property address
Producing the maps 2006 Census Population aged 65+
Producing the maps RDNS 2006 data Clients receiving a service
Producing the maps RDNS data and Census: Clients aged 65+ receiving a service as a percentage of population aged 65+
Producing the maps 2006 Census Population aged 65+ with Core Need for Assistance
Producing the maps RDNS data and Census: Clients aged 65+ as a percentage of population aged 65+ with Core Need for Assistance
Producing the maps Average visit hours per client
So what? • Service development priorities to address inconsistencies
So what? • Service development priorities to address inconsistencies • Equitable distribution of our workforce
So what? • Service development priorities to address inconsistencies • Equitable distribution of our workforce • Current and future site catchments
So what? • Service development priorities to address inconsistencies • Equitable distribution of our workforce • Current and future site catchments • Locations of future sites
So what? • Service development priorities to address inconsistencies • Equitable distribution of our workforce • Current and future site catchments • Locations of future sites • Opportunities for growth funding