17 Nov 2014 Mrs Gladys Smith · Prevention of Future Deaths report West Yorkshire (East)
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Concerns raised 16 Failure to fully record wound dimensions and presenting features on each District Nurse visit View source Failure to regularly and fully record residents' weights View source Lack of Care Home staff knowledge of dementia care View source Lack of comprehensive national guidance on prevention and treatment of impact-injury wounds and ulcers View source Delays in District Nurse referrals to the Tissue Viability Nurse Service View source Failure to regularly monitor residents' weights View source Failure to body map residents' bruises View source Failure to complete turning and repositioning charts View source Omission of guidance on when District Nurses should refer patients to the Tissue Viability Nurse Service View source Failure to implement nutrition charts for residents with significant weight loss View source Failure to proactively seek medical practitioners' care advice for residents with recognised medical conditions View source Failure to undertake regular falls assessments for residents View source Delays in seeking medical advice after apparent impact injury bruising View source Failure to implement medical practitioners' advice and instruction on resident turning and repositioning View source Failure to consider the appropriate location of residents' rooms View source Delays in seeking medical advice after significant resident weight loss View source See 13 more concerns
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Mrs Gladys Smith · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Mrs Gladys Smith died while resident at a care home; the supplied text does not provide further circumstances of her death. The concerns included failures in repositioning, bruise and wound monitoring, falls assessment, weight and nutrition monitoring, dementia care, and delays or gaps in district nursing wound documentation and referral. The report also identified a lack of comprehensive national guidance on wounds and ulcers caused by impact injuries.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to fully record wound dimensions and presenting features on each District Nurse visit
Wider context from the report “(a) Members of the District Nursing Team who attended upon Mrs Smith did not, upon each visit, fully record and document the dimensions and presenting features of the wound . In the circumstances, the Trust should ensure District Nurses do record and document all bruises and/or wounds, in particular the dimensions of the same together with a detailed description as to all presenting features;
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to regularly and fully record residents' weights
Wider context from the report “(e) Between January and June 2012 Mrs Smith lost a total of 28lbs in weight. Mrs Smith's weight was neither regularly monitored nor regularly and fully recorded . In the circumstances, Care Home staff should ensure that there is regular monitoring and appropriate recording of residents' weights';
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of Care Home staff knowledge of dementia care
Wider context from the report “(g) Mrs Smith suffered from vascular dementia and had done so since the commencement of her residency at the Care Home. A number of other residents suffer from dementia. Care Assistants at the said Care Home have little or no knowledge of dementia and, consequently, how to care for residents suffering from such a condition . In the circumstances, all Care Home staff should undergo more indepth training in relation to dementia;
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of comprehensive national guidance on prevention and treatment of impact-injury wounds and ulcers
Wider context from the report “(a) There are no NICE guidelines which provide any comprehensive guidance to Medical Practitioners in relation to the prevention and treatment of wounds and ulcers caused by impact injuries . Clinical Guideline 29 – The prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, does not give guidance in respect of wounds/ulcers caused by impact injuries . In the circumstances there should be national guidelines which deal with such
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Delays in District Nurse referrals to the Tissue Viability Nurse Service
Wider context from the report “(b) Mrs Smith was referred to the Tissue Viability Nurse Service on or around 25 June 2012, some 12 days after a referral ought to have been made according to expert evidence adduced in the course of the Inquest. In the circumstances, the Trust should ensure District Nurses make referrals to the Tissue Viability Nurse Service timeously;
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to regularly monitor residents' weights
Wider context from the report “(e) Between January and June 2012 Mrs Smith lost a total of 28lbs in weight. Mrs Smith's weight was neither regularly monitored nor regularly and fully recorded. In the circumstances, Care Home staff should ensure that there is regular monitoring and appropriate recording of residents' weights';
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to body map residents' bruises
Wider context from the report “(b) None of the bruises sustained by Mrs Smith, in particular the one which was noticed on the 25 May 2012, were body mapped by Care Home staff. In the circumstances, staff should ensure that all bruises sustained by residents are carefully body mapped at the first available opportunity;
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to complete turning and repositioning charts
Wider context from the report “(a) Advice and instruction given to Care Home staff as to the turning and repositioning of Mrs Smith was not followed and repositioning charts were not completed . In the circumstances, all Care Home staff should ensure that all advice and instruction given by medical practitioners, that is to say by General Practitioners and District Nurses, in relation to residents is appropriately implemented and that turning/repositioning charts are completed;
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Omission of guidance on when District Nurses should refer patients to the Tissue Viability Nurse Service
Wider context from the report “(c) The Trusts Clinical Guidelines for Wound Management in Adults and Children omits to provide guidance as to when District Nurses should refer patients to the Tissue Viability Nurse Service . In the circumstances, the Trust should amend the said Clinical Guidelines in order to provide comprehensive guidance as to when such a referral to the said Service should be made
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to implement nutrition charts for residents with significant weight loss
Wider context from the report “(f) Despite the aforesaid weight loss experienced by Mrs Smith, at no time was a nutrition chart implemented in order to monitor Mrs Smith's nutritional intake . Moreover, medical advice in relation to Mrs Smith's weight loss was only sought a number of weeks after the commencement of the said weight loss. In the circumstances, Care Home staff should ensure nutrition charts are completed in respect of any resident whose weight falls significantly and should ensure appropriate medical advice is sought at the first available opportunity following such a fall in weight;
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to proactively seek medical practitioners' care advice for residents with recognised medical conditions
Wider context from the report “(h) Care Home staff do not proactively enquire of medical practitioners as to how to care for residents with certain medical conditions – for example, hiatus hernias, dementia. In the circumstances, Care Home staff should ensure proactive enquiries are made of relevant medical practitioners at the earliest opportunity as to the appropriate care for residents suffering from recognised medical conditions.
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to undertake regular falls assessments for residents
Wider context from the report “(d) Falls assessments in respect of Mrs Smith whilst a resident at the Care Home were not regularly undertaken and no consideration was at any time given by Care Home staff as to the most appropriate location for Mrs Smith's room within the Care Home. In the circumstances, falls assessments should be regularly undertaken in respect of all residents and regular consideration should be given as to the appropriate location of residents' rooms within the Care Home;
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Delays in seeking medical advice after apparent impact injury bruising
Wider context from the report “(c) On or around 25 May 2012 bruising on the left side of Mrs Smith's bottom cheek was noted by a Care Home staff together with a blister. However, District Nurse attendance in respect of an open area on Mrs Smith's bottom on her left side took place 7 (seven) days later on 11 June 2012. In the circumstances, Care Home staff should ensure appropriate medical advice is sought at the first available opportunity upon noticing a bruise to a resident following an apparent impact injury;
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to implement medical practitioners' advice and instruction on resident turning and repositioning
Wider context from the report “(a) Advice and instruction given to Care Home staff as to the turning and repositioning of Mrs Smith was not followed and repositioning charts were not completed. In the circumstances, all Care Home staff should ensure that all advice and instruction given by medical practitioners, that is to say by General Practitioners and District Nurses, in relation to residents is appropriately implemented and that turning/repositioning charts are completed;
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How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to consider the appropriate location of residents' rooms
Wider context from the report “(d) Falls assessments in respect of Mrs Smith whilst a resident at the Care Home were not regularly undertaken and no consideration was at any time given by Care Home staff as to the most appropriate location for Mrs Smith's room within the Care Home . In the circumstances, falls assessments should be regularly undertaken in respect of all residents and regular consideration should be given as to the appropriate location of residents' rooms within the Care Home;
” Open source report × Source evidence
How this individual concern was interpreted PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to St Armands Court; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Delays in seeking medical advice after significant resident weight loss
Wider context from the report “(f) Despite the aforesaid weight loss experienced by Mrs Smith, at no time was a nutrition chart implemented in order to monitor Mrs Smith's nutritional intake. Moreover, medical advice in relation to Mrs Smith's weight loss was only sought a number of weeks after the commencement of the said weight loss . In the circumstances, Care Home staff should ensure nutrition charts are completed in respect of any resident whose weight falls significantly and should ensure appropriate medical advice is sought at the first available opportunity following such a fall in weight;
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