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..to prove the effectiveness of geriatric evaluation and management for elderly, hospitalized patients, combined with post-discharge home intervention by an interdisciplinary team...

..They will, however, significantly increase patient and career satisfaction with care provision for sick children with appropriate conditions...

..To evaluate the efficacy of hospital at home schemes compared with inpatient care in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...

..Hospital At Home' schemes are set to increase in the United Kingdom (UK) in response to the NHS Plan. To date, little detailed work has been done on the acceptability of these schemes to patients and their carers...

..A comprehensive home care intervention in selected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations appears as cost effective. The home hospitalisation intervention generates better outcomes at lower costs than conventional care...

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..A moderate intensity home-based combined walking and resistance program for patients with class II to III HF is safe and effective in reducing symptoms and improving QOL...

..Thus whilst CHAH was not found to increase the likelihood of remaining at home, at appeared to be associated with better quality home care...

..With the emergence of Primary Care Trusts, NHS commissioning of hospice at home services will more firmly rest with primary care practitioners, who on balance clearly prize them...

..to assess the effects of an early discharge hospital-at-home scheme on self-reported carer strain and quality of life...

..To examine the cost of providing hospital at home in place of some forms of inpatient hospital care...

..To compare, from the viewpoints of the NHS and social services and of patients, the costs associated with early discharge to a hospital at home scheme and those associated with continued care in an acute hospital...

..This discussion paper uses the findings of a systematic review of the literature evaluating hospital at home and hospital in the home services to answer questions surrounding the supplementary or substitution status of these services...

..The introduction of a new range of services bridging hospital and home raises the need for an urgent, critical appraisal of this practice...

..A lot of questions in regard to the most optimal content and the organisation of HF management programmes remain unanswered...

..The heterogeneous nature of HITH and the clinical complexity of patients is the greatest obstacle to making valid comparisons between the two modes of care...

..To compare hospital at home care with inpatient hospital care in terms of patient outcomes...

..To compare treatment of acute illness at home and in hospital, assessing safety, effect on geriatric complications, and patient/carer satisfaction...

..Activities of the hospital are studied to cope with the changes in healthcare trend...

..The effective management of the discharge of this patient and introduction to home care, consisting of visits by physicians and community nurses is described...

..To study the effects of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and multidisciplinary intervention on elderly patients sent home from the emergency department (ED)...

..The loss of vital information between health and social services undermines discharges' credibility. Pooled budgets between the two sectors are a powerful means of fostering innovation...

..5) We use an HPN pump. (6) We select a simple way of infusion and adjust it to the patient's condition. In this way, we use HPN easily at home with the aid of a visiting nurse, visiting pharmacist, families, and us...

..As a surgeon, I think that we must make use of the system of home care established to allow patients to live at home when they wish to do so, and I want to let them stay in the hospital if they prefer so...

..At the final stage, it is important to support families and repeatedly provide guidance for the peaceful death...

..Help to continue with activities of daily life and to cope with the cancer at home, and 6. Characterize of the medical advisor as a member of an interdisciplinary team...

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..It has been required that nurses in hospitals and home health nurses function to raise patients' self-care...

..Moreover, it is important to promote the will of patients though active information and to suggest a management plan suitable to their lifestyles...

..5. We use an HPN pump. 6. We select a simple way of infusion and adjust it to the patient's condition. In this way, we use HPN easily at home with the aid of a visiting nurse, visiting pharmacist, families, and us...

..This article describes how an interdisciplinary team used a quality process to develop and implement tools to assist with discharge planning in this complex patient population...

..The airflow limitation is usually both progressive and associated with an abnormal inflammatory response of the lungs to noxious particles or gases' (Pauwels et al, 2001)...

..The pivotal importance of the outreach nursing input was demonstrated when the expected visit did not materialise for one child...

..Telemedicine in the home results in considerable savings by averting or shortening hospital stays...

..03, 0.02). Our results underline the effectiveness of this organizational model, as an alternative to continued care in an acute hospital. Further useful considerations could be drawn by economic evaluation studies carried out on field...

..We describe a pilot study investigating the feasibility and acceptance of community based continuous interscalene brachial plexus blockade (CIBPB) to provide effective analgesia for day case shoulder surgery...

..However, experience of ESD in Denmark has not been reported...

..The objective was to synthesize the evidence presented in literature on the effectiveness of interventions aimed to reduce post-discharge problems in adults discharged home from an acute general care hospital...

..Our study revealed that gastrostomosis is very effective and helpful in the continuation of home care for a long period of time...

..2) Make sure to obtain several beds for a respite hospitalization. (3) Conduct training of medical staff on palliative care. (4) Plan enlightenment activities for patients, families, and local residents for palliative care...

..Six test sites are participating in the validation trials, more specifically EAP Sardenya and MUTUAM in Spain, Hippokrateion Hospital and AHEPA Hospital in Greece, RAMIT in Belgium and University of Regensburg Medical Centre in Germany...

..We highlight the current literature which has evaluated the role of hospital at home and assisted discharge schemes and discuss our own "real life" service operating in a large teaching hospital in Scotland...

..No study has evaluated discharge from the emergency department (ED) on home oxygen. This study evaluated the feasibility and safety of ED discharge on home oxygen in the treatment of acute bronchiolitis...

..Meanwhile, we also introduce a home care adjustment procedure to home IVH induced patients who require advanced medical treatments for home recuperation, when they discharged from the hospital...

..This pilot study appeared to validate and provide evidence that a bladder retraining program is a valuable strategy to reduce the impact of this most debilitating problem...

..A steady increase in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) admissions was addressed by enhancing primary care to provide intensive chronic disease management...

..Although this innovative system does address follow-up need, improvements could be made to ensure that all patients receive an equitable service...

..The NTCP models neonatal care that is seamless across the healthcare system and congruent with the needs of the infant and family...

..Thereafter, he was able to continue living at home with more comfort. We must offer adequate medical rehabilitation and other necessary support providing medical services and welfare before a patient returns home...

..Services have been developed that offer patients early discharge from hospital with rehabilitation at home (early supported discharge [ESD]). We have assessed the effects and costs of such services...

..Modern technology has improved the quality of life for children with tracheostomy and home ventilators...

..Nurse follow-up is effective in maintaining optimal glycaemic control and enhancing adherence to health behaviours. Management of glycaemic control is better done in the community than in the hospital...

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..The aim of this trial was to evaluate the long-term effects of an extended stroke unit service (ESUS), characterized by early supported discharge. The short-term effects were published previously...

..The patients with chronic and gradually deteriorating conditions, such as cancer and aging itself, tend to die at home and this is effectively supported by the 24-hour home medical care service...

..We are determined to work to find solutions for these challenges...

..the patient discloses his/her worry; 3. the patient can choose the way of living; 4. caregiver can cope with the change; 5. caregiver can maintain the nursing capability; 6. the medical provider's assistance system is established...

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..A more expanded system is now being developed as a new enterprise of Matsudo Medical Association following this system...

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..The role of the home care coordinator is to relieve patients of their anxiety about home care. As a result, the number of home care patients has gradually increased...

..As a result, the patient was discharged from the hospital in two months. Now, two years have passed, and the patient is still cared at home and the possibility of the patient is sought for. The progress is reported here in this article...

..The rehabilitation system for home care at each phase is discussed in association with practical side and problems of the rehabilitation in the future terminal care...

..We recommend that assisted home care is tested in Denmark...

..0001). CONCLUSIONS: A combined use of hospital resources and home care programs which are specifically addressed to severe COPD patients can reduce the need for hospital admission...

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..difficulty of family care. We think that in the case of home palliative care it is necessary to establish a closer connection and a relationship of mutual trust among medical coworkers...

..Forty percent of smokers had abstained from smoking at the end of three months. In summary, the COPD Outreach programme is a safe and effective alternative to acute hospital care for selected patients with exacerbations of COPD...

..A recent survey of patient satisfaction questionnaires has shown that most patients are happy with the service and find it beneficial to have their acute episode managed at home...

..Smooth cooperation with visiting nurses and home doctors was achieved; 5. Nursing from a broader point of view became possible; and 6. A place for identifying problems and tasks under the present situation was provided...

..To obtain representative data on the frequency of use and availability of resources for noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) in hospitals (acute respiratory failure) and at home (chronic respiratory failure)...

..The purposes of this study were to understand the functions of hospital-based home care for people with severe mental illness in Taiwan, and the factors that affect functions of professionals who provide hospital-based home care...

..In conclusion, the results of this study indicate biological differences in pain alleviation and the need for a more structured way of working...

..To determine whether hospital-based, home care, and district nurses identify a core set of organizational attributes in the nursing work environment that they value as important to the support of professional practice...

..The results have great potential for use in nursing service cost analysis methodology, which is an essential step in developing a policy for providing home care...

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..The diagnosis of an incurable disease implies an existential crisis. This study focused on the emotions, perceptions, and experiences of existential isolation in palliative patients with cancer and their families...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a discharge-planning program on helping caregivers meet the physical care needs of children with cancer...

..This study aimed to evaluate economic viability of public health center visiting nurse services for the low-income elderly with long-term care needs...

..There was a high level of agreement between panellists in judging 'appropriate' the practical schemes to start or change a daily insulin regimen without a diabetologist...

..faced by researchers performing clinical trials which include a cost component: Which health care services should we track? Should we use facility specific costs or national average costs for individual services in estimating total costs?..

..The new knowledge about how strategies in the presence of one's own impending death can develop and be used is perhaps the most novel and clinically relevant contribution of this study...

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..Therefore, pain is a major problem in patients affected by advanced hematological malignancies, and its management can be effective and feasible when carried out by a skilled HC team...

..As the global measurement (one VAS) of well-being has a high correlation with SDS, this single measurement may be clinically adequate for quality assurance of symptom control in dying cancer patients...

..Ten patients died in their own homes, and of the 46 who died in an institution, approximately the same number died in a care-oriented culture as in a cure-oriented culture...

..A questionnaire study indicated that pain assessment using digital pens was accepted by patients and that problems mainly arose from the use of the visual-analogue scale...

..The simple QoL-VAS seemed to be comparable to ESAS, which is more useful for assessing each single symptom. The non-physical dimensions need more attention in the future in order to achieve totally satisfactory palliative care...

..In conclusion, patients' previous knowledge and own resources are important components for their capacity to take part in the dialogue when receiving information...

..The aim of this study was to describe family members' perceptions of their motivation for receiving information about the patient's disease...

..18 out of 30 patients were treated with fentanyl until time of death. The estimated efficacy was good or moderate in 93% and 88%, respectively, of patients younger or older than 65 years of age...

..The aim of this study was to ascertain what significance verbal expressions had for cancer patients when they were given information about ending active tumour treatment, and what message they felt they received...

..To describe the management of the geriatric hospital home assessment team to support at primary care in the need of health of geriatric patients...

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..As the population ages and hip fractures increase, home rehabilitation in its current form will have little impact on future bed needs...

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..4) To evaluate the impact of a workplace violence prevention program on organizational justice climate and the incidences and prevalence of Type III workplace violence by comparing intervention and control agencies. ..

..Secondary outcomes include the relationship between analgesic technique administered in the immediate postoperative period and subsequent pain, stiffness and functional disability. ..

..In addition, the research and mentorship programs will utilize and continue to build the interdisciplinary relationships Dr. Fried has established with medical subspecialties, psychiatry, and the Schools of Nursing and Public Health. ..

..Results will also yield new knowledge about how best to disseminate effective interventions to reduce burns and carbon monoxide poisoning among children and families living in high risk, urban communities. ..

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..A cohort of children with OSA and matched controls will be followed for a period of 12 months after treatment. (End of Abstract) ..

..The findings will help policymakers, payers, and providers identify which interventions to implement. ..

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..Because of the high prevalence of comorbid conditions among cancer survivors, this question is of critical importance. ..

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..They may also suggest a promising, portable method of reducing disparities in colorectal cancer (and other) screening uptake between Hispanic and non-Hispanic individuals. ..

..The evaluation will examine the impact of the program on safety knowledge, behaviors, and children's injury risk. We will also identify how best to work with community partners to implement child safety programs. ..

..The evaluation will examine the impact of the program on safety knowledge, behaviors, and children's injury risk. We will also identify how best to work with community partners to implement child safety programs. ..

..4) To evaluate the impact of a workplace violence prevention program on organizational justice climate and the incidences and prevalence of Type III workplace violence by comparing intervention and control agencies. ..

..They may also suggest a promising, portable method of reducing disparities in colorectal cancer (and other) screening uptake between Hispanic and non-Hispanic individuals. ..

..The evaluation will examine the impact of the program on safety knowledge, behaviors, and children's injury risk. We will also identify how best to work with community partners to implement child safety programs. ..

..If data show promise, further and larger study will be pursued - study which will be focused on testing an optimal intervention and powered on known effect sizes. ..

..Fried s continued success, Yale offers the resources necessary to ensure Dr. Fried s continued development as an independent investigator. ..

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..4) Design and implement a violence prevention intervention within these workplaces. 5) Conduct a process and outcome evaluation of the intervention in sample workplaces one year following program implementation. ..

..The results of this study will enable those caring for hypertensive persons to recommend treatment (i.e., biofeedback) in an individualized way, thereby promoting adherence. ..

..The two-day conference will be held during the last week of January 2004 in Tampa, Florida. ..

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..This project will determine the feasibility of a home-based, diet and exercise intervention focused on weight loss in both mothers diagnosed with breast cancer and their overweight adult daughters. ..

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..This research has the potential to expand the scope of complementary treatment offered for prostate cancer, and may provide a solid foundation for efforts aimed at prevention. ..