Involvement Opportunity
There is an opportunity for a service user to join the newly set up Deconditioning Prevention Group (DPG).
Background
Deconditioning is a change in physical fitness due to inactivity – including the loss of physical, psychological and functional capacity due to inactivity.
When a person is admitted to hospital, deconditioning may already be established. Deconditioning is associated with loss of independence, longer lengths of stay, delayed discharge, and poorer outcomes.
The Deconditioning Prevention Group will be looking at strategies to prevent patients deconditioning when they admitted to hospital such as Quality Improvement (QI) projects that hope to identify, prevent or reverse deconditioning.
What to expect
The DPG meetings will be virtual and occasionally hybrid. The meetings will be 2 monthly (a meeting every 2 months), approximately an hour in length and it will report back to the Frailty Board.
Focus of discussion
The focus of the meeting will be opportunities for service users and staff to discuss the regional, national and international evidence of deconditioning and how it can be prevented. The QI project which will pilot the Deconditioning Early Warning Indicator (DEWI) will be presented and monitored by the DPG.
How to get involved
If you would like to get involved please contact Anne Mc Monagle via email: anne.mcmonagle@westerntrust.hscni.net
