Egerod I, Bagger C. Patients’ experiences of intensive care diaries--a focus group study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2010;26(5):278–87. To help patients understand more about their illness and Intensive Care stay we have introduced Patient Diaries. A diary of events has been shown to reduce stress in patients after they are discharged from the unit.

To see more information on how to record accidents on the Android app, please see this tutorial here. Next to the 'Accidents button', you will also see the 'Drafts' option; for help on how to view, edit, delete and publish your drafts, please look at this tutorial.

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Davydow DS, Gifford JM, Desai SV, Bienvenu OJ, Needham DM. Depression in general intensive care unit survivors: a systematic review. Intensive Care Med. 2009;35(5):796–809. Ensure all people involved in providing care and support have access to the home care plan and to the care diary. Encourage them to read and contribute to both documents, as appropriate. Johansson M, Wahlin I, Magnusson L, Hanson E. Nursing staff’s experiences of intensive care unit diaries: a qualitative study. Nurs Crit Care. 2019;24(6):407-13.

Storch, A. et al. Nonmotor fluctuations in Parkinson disease: severity and correlation with motor complications. Neurology 80, 800–809 (2013).

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To begin, log into the Tapestry app on your device and select the Care Diary option at the bottom of the screen. Diaries have been shown to be hugely beneficial, not only in helping to aid the patient’ experience but it has also been shown to improve the psychological health of these patients and their families.

Svenningsen H, Tonnesen EK, Videbech P, Frydenberg M, Christensen D, Egerod I. Intensive care delirium - effect on memories and health-related quality of life - a follow-up study. J Clin Nurs. 2014;23(5–6):634–44. Ullman AJ, Aitken LM, Rattray J, Kenardy J, Le Brocque R, MacGillivray S, Hull AM. Intensive care diaries to promote recovery for patients and families after critical illness: a Cochrane systematic review. Int J Nurs Stud. 2015;52(7):1243–53. IntHout J, Ioannidis JP, Rovers MM, Goeman JJ. Plea for routinely presenting prediction intervals in meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2016;6(7):e010247.

This will then give you the option to allow relative access to that entry and all of the entries that you will make for that day:

If you are eligible for NHS continuing healthcare, your ICB will be responsible for your care planning, commissioning services and your case management. The ICB will discuss options with you as to how your care and support needs will be best provided for and managed. The images below will show you how the relative will be able to view the Care Diary, any accident/incident forms that require attention and staff comments added during the day. More information on these processes can be found later on in this leaflet. Where can you receive NHS continuing healthcare?Parkinson Study Group. A randomized placebo-controlled trial of rasagiline in levodopa-treated patients with Parkinson disease and motor fluctuations: the PRESTO study. Arch. Neurol. 62, 241–248 (2005). The results of this systematic review and meta-analysis show that patients treated in intensive care units who received a diary had a lower risk of depression and better health-related quality of life measured by the global health domain of the SF-36 than those who did not receive a diary. On the other hand, there were no differences in PTSD and anxiety in patients, and the intensity of symptoms of depression and anxiety of patients who receive ICU diaries was similar to those who did not receive it. For the relatives of the patients, the results did not show improvement of psychological sequelae with the use of ICU diaries.