Premium
Home‐Based Medical Care: High‐Value Health Care During Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Beyond
Author(s) -
Fessler Emily B.,
Soriano Theresa,
Whitehouse Christina R.,
Miller Rachel K.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/jgs.16967
Subject(s) - medicine , evening , inhaler , pulmonary disease , heart failure , stroke (engine) , copd , rehabilitation , covid-19 , apartment , disease , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , emergency medicine , asthma , infectious disease (medical specialty) , mechanical engineering , physics , civil engineering , astronomy , engineering
Ms. H is a 78‐year‐old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and recent stroke who was discharged 1 month ago from a subacute rehabilitation facility. She moved in with her son because she now requires a walker and cannot return to her third‐floor apartment. One evening, Ms. H develops a low‐grade fever and mild shortness of breath intermittently relieved by her albuterol inhaler. Her son is worried, but knows that his mom does not want to return to the hospital.