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Homeward for Care Homes
Care Homes are increasingly regulated for the services that they provide to patients and the way in which they manage stock to continue patient care. They need to demonstrate that care standards are being met for enteral tube feeding. Nutricia offer a flexible pack to support Care Home Staff in managing Home Enteral Tube Feeding.
It includes:
- Guidelines and standards: evidence based nursing practice guidelines.
- Core care plans: supporting nursing practice guidelines.
- Monitoring questionnaire: used to help flag where dietetic review is needed.
- Training Update Programme: Nutricia nurse provides annual staff training and on-going support.
- Troubleshooting guide: Advice on how to recognise and manage common problems.
- Introduction to Nutricia Homeward: provides information on the Nutricia Homeward Service.
- Key contacts: a tailored list of key contacts
- Fluid balance charts: required for some patients to monitor hydration.
Nutricia Homeward also manage the stock of our patients within Care Homes differently to that of adult or paediatric patients in their own homes. Our Customer Service team fax a stock check form to the Care Home with all of the Homeward patients regimens listed, and the dates of their next deliveries, as well as pump serial numbers and service due dates. This enables Care Home staff to complete the sheet with the amount of stock they have left at a time that best suits them and audit the pumps that their patients are using, and to return the form within 3 working days of receipt for orders to be placed.