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| Areas of discharge agreement and disagreement between older adult patients and nurses | | Author(s) | Dawn Joosten, Marilyn Potts |
| Journal title | Care Management Journals, vol 4, no 4, Winter 2003 |
| Pages | pp 185-190 |
| Source | http://www.springerpub.com |
| Keywords | Discharge [hospitals] ; Self care capacity ; Needs [elderly] ; Attitude ; Discharged patients ; Nurses ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Areas of agreement and disagreement between nursing staff and older adult patients about discharge needs are identified in this US study, which also explores the relationships between older adult patients and their perceived post-discharge Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) dependency, social networks and quality of life. Differences between patients and nurses for the ADL scale showed that patients perceived themselves as being more independent with respect to ADLs on discharge than did their nurses. Agreement between patients and nurses for the Quality of Life Index indicated high agreement about patients' general well-being on discharge. Positive relationships between overall IADL and both overall Social Network and Friend sub-scale scores were indicative of the positive effects of social support on patients' perceptions of IADL independence. Implications for case management practice are suggested. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050217209 A |
| Classmark | LD:QKJ: CA: IK: DP: LFD: QTE: 7T |
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