Integrated Community Equipment Loan Service (ICELS)
Reference number:
55857
85000000
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Health and social work services
The Authority acting as the Lead Commissioner is seeking to jointly re-commission the Integrated Community Equipment Service for itself and the Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group.
The ICELS service will support the following aims
• Enabling people to be supported in their own homes
• Reducing the number of hospital admissions and re-admissions
• Reducing the number of care home admissions
• Reducing the number of falls
• Facilitating early discharge from hospital
• Reducing the number, cost and intensity of care packages/nurse visit, e.g. enabling
single hand care
• Reduce the burden on Carers and risk of Carer breakdown, whilst increasing
confidence and peace of mind
• Supporting end of life care, delivered within the individuals chosen environment
• Improving health and wellbeing by maximising independence, choice, control, dignity
and quality of life within the individual’s home