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Discharge Planning from Home Health Care and Patient Status Post‐Discharge
Author(s) -
Stewart Cynthia J.,
Blaha Arlene J.,
Weissfeld Lisa,
Yuan Weiying
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1995.tb00130.x
Subject(s) - discharge planning , medicine , exploratory research , home health , patient discharge , hospital discharge , nursing , health care , gerontology , family medicine , health records , public health , medline , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , sociology , anthropology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
An exploratory study of 57 elderly patients discharged from home health agencies sought to identify how they and their caregivers were prepared for discharge and how they were managing. Data were collected from the home care records and post‐discharge interviews with patients and caregivers. Results indicate little evidence of formal discharge planning. However, home care records appear to underreport what home care staff do. On follow‐up, over half of the patients had improvement in their health, two‐thirds were independent in activities of daily living, and few patients had need of formal services.