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Would you take this patient home?
— safety in home care of the frail elderly: dilemmas and trade-offs | | Author(s) | Adeline M Verry |
| Journal title | The Journal of Long Term Home Health Care : the PRIDE Institute Journal, vol 16, no 4, Fall 1997 |
| Pages | pp 20-23 |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Safety services ; Older men ; Case studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A case study of a 70 year old man of Polish extraction raises issues concerning: the right to self determination; safety in the home for the patient; safety of the patient's neighbours; safety of agency personnel; Medicare regulations regarding criteria for services; and state law and co-operation among involved professionals. Problems of non-compliance with medication and self-neglect led this individual to be discharged from the agency; he was admitted to hospital and died shortly after. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980129236 A |
| Classmark | N: OK: BC: 69P: 7T |
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