Quality Standards for Care Homes

Leeds Quality Standards for Care Homes and Nursing

The Leeds Quality Standards for Care Homes with Nursing was introduced in April 2010. NHS Leeds will be piloting new quality standards in partnership with Leeds City Council through 2010-2011. The Quality Standards are mandatory for care homes with nursing.

The Quality Standards cover a wide range of key areas including health-specific topics as follows:

• nutrition and hydration;
• end of life care;
• tissue viability;
• continence;
• infection control;
• safeguarding; and
• medicines management.

Resources

Please find below a list of resources linked to the Quality Standards that are currently available. We will be adding additional resources in the near future.

Please note some of these documents are aimed at health professionals and will include clinical language/terms.

Care homes contract monitoring 2011-2012

NHS Leeds care home monitoring - report template (pdf document)

NHS Leeds care home monitoring - monitoring tool (excel document)

NHS Leeds care home monitoring - reporting schedule 2011-2012 (word document) 

Nutrition and hydration

Food for life nutrition training - promotional flyer (pdf document)

Clinical practice guidelines for care home residents with diabetes (pdf document)

Flowchart for care homes dietetic referrals (pdf document)

Social Care Institute for Excellence - eating and nutritional care (web link)

End of life care

NHS End of Life Care Programme (web link)

NHS Gold Standards Framework - care for people nearing end of life (web link)

Leeds Palliative Care website - end of life initiatives 

Liverpool care pathway for the dying patient (web link)

Continence

Community Urology and Colorectal Service

Community Urology and Colorectal Service patient referral form (to be completed by health professional)

Maintaining a healthy bowel information leaflet

Continence and memory problems information leaflet

Caring for your catheter

Self assessment: your bladder

Self assessement: your bowel

NICE guidelines faecal incontinence

NICE guidelines irritable bowel syndrome

NICE guidelines lower urinary tract symptoms

NICE guidelines management of urinary incontinence in women

National audit of continence care (published September 2010)

Department of Health good practice in continence services

Bladder and Bowel Foundation website

TenaNet online resouces for health professionals (please note a log in and password is required)

PromoCon website - continence and product awareness

William Merritt Centre - disabled living centre and mobility services

Colostomy Association website

Urostomy Association website

IA Support website - ileostomy and internal pouch support group

Infection prevention and control

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust infection prevention and control service

Infection prevention and control information on our website

Safeguarding

Leeds Safeguarding Adults Partnership website 

Leeds Safeguarding Adults Partnership - alert/referral form (pdf document)

National Institute for Clincal Excellence (NICE) clinical practice guidelines for the assessment and prevention of falls in older people (web link)

NICE quick reference guide - assessment and prevention of falls in older people (web link)

NICE guide - the assessment and prevention of falls in older people (web link)

Understanding NICE guidance on prevention of falls in older people – information for older people, their families and carers, and the public (web link)

National Ageing Research Institute (Australia) - falls risk assessment and management tool (web link)

Medicines management

Medicines management information on our website 

Tissue viability

Assessment of wounds in adults and children

Guidance for completion of incidents and root cause analysis

Prevention and management of pressure ulcers

Wound management in adults and children