Browsing by Subjects (CINAHL) "Home Health Care"
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Decreasing urinary incontinence in the home health setting
(2017-08-30)BACKGROUND: Urinary incontinence (UI) in the home care population poses a risk for complications and hospitalization. The aim of this project was to develop and implement a protocol for UI to promote continence in the home ... -
Distributive Justice and Social Policy: A Case Study
This research focused on explicating the conceptions of just distribution of resources underlying one example of health policy. The policy used as a case study was federal funding of home health care under Medicare, during ... -
Multipronged approach to improve diabetes care management in the home health setting
(2017-09-22)New care delivery models and approaches to integrated care have emerged across the country to reduce health disparity, improve outcomes, and address care delivery fragmentation. Home health agencies (HHAs) and the millions ... -
Predictors and outcomes of home care use in urban elders
This study used longitudinal data from the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP), a random sample of 2128 Medicare beneficiaries, to examine predictors and outcomes of home care use. Predictors of ... -
Predictors of hospitalized patients' access to post-discharge home health services
An ex post facto study was conducted to identify factors associated with diabetic patients' access to home health services following hospital discharge. The Andersen (Aday, Fleming, & Andersen, 1984) model of access ... -
Testing the efficacy of a nurse-led, patient self-management intervention to decrease rehospitalization in older adults
Rehospitalization rates of 20% within 30 days of hospital discharge and 27% within 60 days are one of the highest strains on the federal Medicare budget. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has responded ...