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Restorative (geriatric subacute) care
— the educational component | | Author(s) | Patricia K Suggs, Catherine B Messick, Maurice B Mittelmark |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 25, no 3, Apr/May 1999 |
| Pages | pp 211-220 |
| Keywords | Rehabilitation ; Aftercare ; General hospitals ; Rural areas ; Medical workers ; In-service training ; Coordination ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Rural hospitals in the US face difficult times as Medicare health insurance threatens their survival. A small community in Polk County, North Carolina, developed a programme designed to take advantage of the Medicare skilled nursing benefit as a payment source. The programme involves the development of a special unit, the Restorative Care Unit (RCU), which provides sub-acute care to older people. A major element in the RCU care system is a highly structured continuing education programme for hospital staff. The continuing education component trains personnel to implement and manage the RCU care system using a team approach. The Appalachian Geriatric Education Center Consortium recognised the need for disseminating this model of service. A curriculum was developed and implemented in eight rural hospitals. This article describes the RCU care system continuing education element, and presents results from a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the programme. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990721203 A |
| Classmark | LM: LN: LD3: RL: QT: QWD: QAJ: 7T |
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