Medication administration in the domiciliary care setting: Whose role?

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 537-542

  Bradford, Jennie ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administration; Legal; Medicines; Older people; Social care workers; Training standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869805490     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2012.17.11.537     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Alldred D, Standage C, Fletcher et al (2011) The influence of formulation and medicine delivery system on medication errors in care homes for older people. BMJ Quality and safety 20(5):397-401
2. Athwal D, Vadher G, Barnett N (2011) Compliance aids; an elephant in the room. Pharm J 286:75-6
3. Barber N, Alldred D, Raynor D (2009) Care homes' use of medicines study: prevalence, causes and potential harm of medication errors in care homes for older people. Qual Saf HealthCare 18:341-6
4. Bradley (2011) Home Care in London. London. Institute for Public Policy Research
5. Care Quality Commission (2009a) Managing patients medicines after discharge from hospital. www.cqc.org.uk/-db/-documents/Managing-patients- medicines-after-discharge form hospital.pdf (Accessed on 10 October 2011)
6. Care Quality Commission (2009b) Professional Advice; The administration of medicines in Domiciliary Care London, CQC
7. Care Quality Commission (2009c) Professional Advice; Medicine administration records (MAR) in care homes and domiciliary care London CQC
8. Care Quality Commission (2010) Guidance about compliance. Essential standards of quality and safety. http://www.cqc.org.uk/-db/-documents/Essential- standards-of-quality-and-safety-March-2010-FINAL.pdf (Accessed on 30.10.2011)
9. Care Quality Commission (2011) The state of health care and adult social care in England. An overview of key themes in care in 2010/2011. London. The stationery office
10. Cassidy N, Duggan E, Williams D, Tracey J (2011) The epidemiology and type of mediciaon errors reported to the National Poisons information Centre of Ireland. Clinical Toxicology 49(6):485-91
11. Commission for Social Care Inspection (2008) The State of Social care in England 2006-2007. London, CSCI.
12. Church C, Smith J (2006) How stable are medicines moved from original packs into compliance aids? Pharm J 276:75-81
13. Department of Health (2001) Medicines and older People: Implementing medicines related aspects of the NSF for older people. London, DoH
14. Department of Health (2006) Options for excellence: Building the social care workforce of the future. London, DoH
15. Department of Health (2011.) Enabling Excellence. Autonomy and accountability for Health Care workers, Social Workers and Social Care Workers. London, The stationery Office
16. Emblin K (2011) Community-based systems for medicines administration. Nurse Prescribing. 9(7) 353-7
17. Equality and Human Rights commission [EHRC] 92011) Inquiry reveals failure to protect the rights of older people receiving care at home. www.equalityhumanrights.com/news/2011/june/inquiry-reveals-failure-to-protect- the-rightsof-older-people-receiving-care-at-home/(accessed
18. Improvement and Development Agency (2008) Lessons from outsourcing adult social care, the workforce issues. www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId= 8424489 (accessed 22 October 2012)
19. Mahtani K, Heneghan C, Glasziou, Perera R (2011) Reminder packaging for improving adherence to self administered long term medications. Cochrane database of systematic review issue 9 Art CD005025
20. McGraw C, Drennan V, Humphrey C (2008) Understanding the risk and safety in home health care: the limits of generic frameworks. Quality in Primary Care 16(4):239-48
21. National Patient Safety Agency and NICE (2007) Technical safety solutions, medicines reconciliation www.Guidance.nice.org.uk/PSG001 (accessed
22. National Patient safety agency (2009) safety in doses. www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/?entryid45=61625 (accessed 22 October 2012)
23. National Institute for clinical Excellence (NICE) (2009) Medicines Adherence: involving patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence. NICE London
24. The North East Regional Development of Skills Group (2011) The Strategy and good practice Guide for the Safe Handling, Management and administration of Medication in Health and Social care within the Community. http://tva.tees.ac. uk/docs/Regional-Medication-Strategy-2011.pdf (accessed 24 October 2011)
25. Nursing and Midwifery Council (2010a) Standards for medicines management. London, NMC
26. Nursing and Midwifery Council (2010b) The Code. Standards of Conduct performance and ethics for nurses and midwives. London, NMC
27. Office for National Statistics (2011) Older people in the UK. www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/mortality-ageing/focus-on-older-people/ older-people-s-day-2011/stbopd-2011.html#tab-Older-people-in-the-UK (accessed 22 October 2012)
28. Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) PSNC guidance for Pharmaceutical Contractors - Disability Discrimination Act 1995 Support for people with disabilities. www.psnc.org.uk/data/files/Regulation/DDA/dda1995.pdf (accessed 22 October 2012)
29. Pickton C (2011) Keeping patients safe when they transfer between care providersgetting the medicines right. London. Royal Pharmaceutical Society
30. Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (2007) The Handling of Medicines in Social Care. London, RPSGB
31. United Kingdom Homecare Association Summary (2011) An overview of the UK domiciliary care sector. Sutton, UKHCA