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System and Service Design for Older Adults

This presentation focuses on innovative strategies for designing healthcare systems and services tailored to older adults, addressing their unique needs. Through case studies, including experiences of individuals like Debra, Fred, and Mary, the presentation highlights common challenges in geriatric care, such as falls, chronic illnesses, and social isolation. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration among healthcare providers and community organizations to improve patient outcomes and facilitate effective resource allocation. A holistic, patient-centered approach is proposed to ensure better healthcare delivery for the aging population.

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System and Service Design for Older Adults

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  1. System and Service Design for Older Adults Asangaedem Akpan MPhil FRCPI FRCP(UK) Consultant in Community Geriatric Medicine & Health Foundation/Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement Fellow 2011-12 Aintree University Hospitals/Liverpool Community Health/South Sefton CCG Liverpool, Merseyside, England

  2. Conflict of interest • The Health Foundation is sponsoring my conference trip

  3. Acknowledgements • The Health Foundation • The Institute for Healthcare Improvement • Aintree University Hospitals NHS FT • Liverpool Community Health • South Sefton CCG

  4. THE TRIPLE AIM Population Health ‘If you can imagine it, you can achieve it’ William Ward Individual experience of care Cost

  5. Debra 87 years old living alone • Increasingly forgetful • Son lives far away • Trips and falls in front of her house, unable to get up • Usual scenario • The future

  6. Fred 78 years old on a surgical ward • Emergency surgery • Uncomplicated • First time in hospital • Has osteoarthritis and stable coronary artery disease • Usual scenario • The future

  7. Mary 75 years old recurrent admissions • Chronic bronchitis • Coronary artery disease with chronic heart failure • Chronic kidney impairment • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus • On 15 different medications • 7 admissions in 12 months • In hospital usually seen by all the specialists • The future for Mary now………..

  8. The coming together of payers and providers • North Liverpool, England • 330,000 population • 40,000 65 years and over • Clinical Commissioning Groups – South Sefton,Liverpool,Knowsley • Sefton, Liverpool and Knowsley Council • Aintree University Hospitals NHS FT • Liverpool Community Health • Voluntary agencies and groups

  9. Components • Rapid and Community intermediate care team • Step down facilities • General practice • Medicines management • Mental health liaison • Social services • An acute older persons unit in the hospital • Rapid access MDT type outpatient (ambulatory) care

  10. Enablers • The payer agrees with providers new ways of providing care • Each provider identifies a key or key individuals to lead on this • One individual with the knowledge, skill and competence to take overall lead and work with identified key individuals • Project management, data,measures and outcomes • Aligning of finances – funds are going toflow out of secondary to primary and community care

  11. Understanding flow through the healthcare system • Routine data on service usage • Capacity and workflow planning • Modelling • Queuing theory • Failure mode and effects analysis • Staff feedback • Observation and ethnography

  12. Changing the flow • Reducing variation • Real time management • Matching capacity and demand • Proactive discharge planning • Pulling

  13. Conclusion • Whole system approach • Detailed diagnostic workup • Local adaptation • Time and resources • Engagement and training • Learn from other systems

  14. References • Improving patient flow across organisations and pathways. The Health Foundation November 2013 • Improving patient flow. The Health Foundation April 2013 • The triple aim. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement

  15. Thank you for your attention Asan.Akpan@Aintree.nhs.uk ‘Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore’ Andre Gide ‘Try and fail, but don’t fail to try’ Stephen Kraggwa

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