Reflecting on practice: Are home visits prior to discharge worthwhile in geriatric inpatient care? Clients' and occupational therapists' perceptions

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-203

  Nygård, Louise ^a   Grahn, Ulrika ^b   Rudenhammar, Anna ^c   Hydling, Susanne ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Sodexho Service Center for Medical Aid Equipment   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chain of care; Discharge planning; Follow up of intervention; Geriatric occupational therapy; Home environment; Practice development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; AFTERCARE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3142700223     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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