NHS Continuing Care

Domain 8 – Skin   These physical health domains tend to be easier to score – if that is possible!!   Skin works well in general, it’s role in a very broad [...]

Domain 7 – Continence   Continence is a relatively easy domain to score – if there is such a thing!!  The domain of continence is about the physical abilities or not to [...]

Domain 6 – Nutrition   This is all about food and drink.  If someone doesn’t eat for a couple of days, then although this isn’t good for them, unless they have other [...]

Domain 5 – Mobility   Having tackled the first 4 domains, things can often be easier after this.  It is for this reason that I’ve been to some assessments where the assessor [...]

portrait of angry old woman grandmother covering her ears Domain 4 – Communication   Communication is linked to cognition and psychological needs, as discussed in previous blogs.  Communication is about [...]

Domain 3 – Psychological needs   This domain is about mood and is linked to cognition and communication.  It is about how that mood impacts on the person overall, as it can [...]

Domain 2 – Cognition   The domain of cognition is all about the person’s understanding of their world.  It links very much with communication, as when understanding goes, communication usually goes too.  [...]

The Domains - Behaviour   When completing the DST, there should be no “double scoring”, ie scoring the same issue in more than one domain.  However there is an interaction with the [...]

The checklist & Decision Support Tool (DST)   So how does NHS Continuing Healthcare funding work?  A meeting is called and the multi-disciplinary team should meet the individual and then complete a [...]

NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding (CHC) – The process   Now that CHC has been imbedded with the National Framework for some years now, the CCGs understand much more about the process, but [...]