Frailty care guides | Ngā aratohu maimoa hauwarea
The Frailty care guides | Ngā aratohu maimoa hauwarea are a suite of 26 nursing decision support tools covering the spectrum of frailty from deterioration to communication and advance treatment planning.
They are designed to complement best practice and promote early intervention and communication with the person’s health care team.
The guides are available below as a complete set, or you can download them as separate resources.
Hard copies of the guide are available for purchase and can be ordered from Wakefield Print. The price includes nationwide delivery. Please visit the Wakefield Print order form here to purchase. Orders for 10 or more copies may be quoted separately with Wakefield Print.
- Frailty care guides | Ngā aratohu maimoa hauwarea (3.3 MB, pdf)
- Defining and recognising frailty | Te tautohu me te kite i te hauwarea (688 KB, pdf)
- Acute deterioration | Te tere tauheke haere (780 KB, pdf)
- Gradual deterioration | Te āta tauheke haere (633 KB, pdf)
- Last days of life – recognising dying | Ngā rangi whakamutunga o te oranga – te kite i te matenga (880 KB, pdf)
- Advance treatment planning | Te whakamahere ā-mua i te whakamaimoatanga (428 KB, pdf)
- Enduring power of attorney (EPOA) | Whai Whakamana ā-Ture Mauroa (EPOA) (441 KB, pdf)
- Capacity assessment | Te aromatawai āheinga (500 KB, pdf)
- Communication | Te whakawhitinga (519 KB, pdf)
- Deprescribing and polypharmacy | Te whakaiti whakahau rongoā me ngā rongoā takitini (1.5MB, pdf)
- Congestive heart failure | Te mate manawa kikī (619 KB, pdf)
- Constipation and gastrointestinal | Te kōroke me te puku-kōpiro (750 KB, pdf)
- Delirium | Te mate kuawa (785 KB, pdf)
- Dementia | Te mate wareware (534 KB, pdf)
- Behaviours that challenge | Ngā whanonga uaua (1.2 MB, pdf)
- Diabetes | Te mate huka (1.52 MB, pdf)
- Falls prevention | Te ārai takanga (1.3 MB, pdf)
- Fractures and contractures | Ngā whati me ngā kukuti uaua (808 KB, pdf)
- Nutrition and hydration | Te taioranga me te miti wai (1.7 MB, pdf)
- Pain assessment and management | Te aromatawai me te whakahaere mamae (108 KB, pdf)
- Respiratory care guide | Te aratohu maimoa hā (647 KB, pdf)
- Skin wounds | Ngā taotū kiri (210 KB, pdf)
- Sexuality and intimacy | Te taeratanga me te kauawhiawhi (1.1 MB, pdf)
- Syncope and collapse | Te wheroku me te tanuku (277 KB, pdf)
- Urinary incontinence | Te mimi wewete (591 KB, pdf)
- Urinary tract infection | Te pokenga ara mīmimi (669 KB, pdf)
- Depression | Te pōuritanga (393 KB, pdf)
- Modified SBAR tool template (46 KB, docx)
- Shared goals of care template
- Resident review form (24KB, docx)
- Short-term care plan example (24 KB, docx)
- Short-term care plan example template (24 KB, docx)
- Post-falls assessment form (27 KB, docx)
Master document
- Frailty care guides | Ngā aratohu maimoa hauwarea (3.3 MB, pdf)
Individual guides
- Defining and recognising frailty | Te tautohu me te kite i te hauwarea (688 KB, pdf)
- Acute deterioration | Te tere tauheke haere (780 KB, pdf)
- Gradual deterioration | Te āta tauheke haere (633 KB, pdf)
- Last days of life – recognising dying | Ngā rangi whakamutunga o te oranga – te kite i te matenga (880 KB, pdf)
- Advance treatment planning | Te whakamahere ā-mua i te whakamaimoatanga (428 KB, pdf)
- Enduring power of attorney (EPOA) | Whai Whakamana ā-Ture Mauroa (EPOA) (441 KB, pdf)
- Capacity assessment | Te aromatawai āheinga (500 KB, pdf)
- Communication | Te whakawhitinga (519 KB, pdf)
- Deprescribing and polypharmacy | Te whakaiti whakahau rongoā me ngā rongoā takitini (1.5MB, pdf)
- Congestive heart failure | Te mate manawa kikī (619 KB, pdf)
- Constipation and gastrointestinal | Te kōroke me te puku-kōpiro (750 KB, pdf)
- Delirium | Te mate kuawa (785 KB, pdf)
- Dementia | Te mate wareware (534 KB, pdf)
- Behaviours that challenge | Ngā whanonga uaua (1.2 MB, pdf)
- Diabetes | Te mate huka (1.52 MB, pdf)
- Falls prevention | Te ārai takanga (1.3 MB, pdf)
- Fractures and contractures | Ngā whati me ngā kukuti uaua (808 KB, pdf)
- Nutrition and hydration | Te taioranga me te miti wai (1.7 MB, pdf)
- Pain assessment and management | Te aromatawai me te whakahaere mamae (108 KB, pdf)
- Respiratory care guide | Te aratohu maimoa hā (647 KB, pdf)
- Skin wounds | Ngā taotū kiri (210 KB, pdf)
- Sexuality and intimacy | Te taeratanga me te kauawhiawhi (1.1 MB, pdf)
- Syncope and collapse | Te wheroku me te tanuku (277 KB, pdf)
- Urinary incontinence | Te mimi wewete (591 KB, pdf)
- Urinary tract infection | Te pokenga ara mīmimi (669 KB, pdf)
- Depression | Te pōuritanga (393 KB, pdf)
Downloadable, editable templates
- Modified SBAR tool template (46 KB, docx)
- Shared goals of care template
- Resident review form (24KB, docx)
- Short-term care plan example (24 KB, docx)
- Short-term care plan example template (24 KB, docx)
- Post-falls assessment form (27 KB, docx)