Pre-hospital discharge planning: Empowering elderly patients through choice

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-58

  Merriman, Mary L ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care hospital; Discharge planning; Elderly; Older adults; Patient education

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONVALESCENCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; REVIEW; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COST CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST CONTROL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PENNSYLVANIA; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL WORK; SUBACUTE CARE;

EID: 40949156651     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CNQ.0000306397.25024.d6     Document Type: Review

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