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The physician and the continuing-care patient
1991The pace of devolving continuing care from hospital wards to private accommodation, NHS nursing homes or facilities managed by voluntary or charitable organizations is accelerating. Increasing numbers of consultants are finding that they have few, if any, continuing-care patients.
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Continuance of Nutritional Care in the Terminally Ill Patient
Critical Care Clinics, 1986Food and water can be naturally delivered to dying patients, or they can be medically delivered. If medically delivered, they are called nutrition and fluids. As such they should be regarded just like all other medical interventions when calculating their burdens and benefits to dying patients. A set of guidelines is proposed on which a policy might be
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Continuity of care for the stoma patient: psychological considerations
British Journal of Community Nursing, 2009The transition from hospital to home is an important milestone for any patient: having progressed through surgery and early postoperative care, they have now achieved discharge status. Stoma surgery can adversely affect patients’ body image, and community nurses need to help such patients adjust to these changes.
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Interprofessional care for patients with osteoporosis in a continuing care retirement community
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2016To assess the quality of care provided to patients with osteoporosis in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) after implementation of an interprofessional osteoporosis clinic (OPC). Specifically, quality measures were evaluated, including dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) screening, calcium and vitamin D supplementation, and prescription
Jordan, Masterson +4 more
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Measuring patient satisfaction in complex continuing care/rehabilitation care
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2016Purpose To develop a psychometrically validated survey to assess satisfaction in complex continuing care/rehabilitation patients. Design/methodology/approach A paper or computer-based survey was administered to 252 complex continuing care/ rehabilitation patients (i ...
Navin, Malik +3 more
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Continuity of care issues for cancer patients and families
Cancer, 1989As survival rates for cancer patients increase, there is a compelling need to recall Montaigne's words that the value of life does not rest on the number of days, but on the quality of it. The problems that arise for patients and their families require integrated acute care and community-based services that consider the networks that make up an ...
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Continuity of care for the cancer patient with chronic pain
Cancer, 1989The care of patients with cancer and chronic pain, often complicated and demanding, strains the resources of a single physician. Continuity of care programs, such as that developed by the Pain Service of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York), with good communication and liaison work between hospital and community, add a much needed ...
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Continuing Patient Care with Metered-Dose Inhalers
Journal of Aerosol Medicine, 1995International guidelines recommend inhaled therapy over oral therapy for asthma because of greater efficacy and safety. Metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) are the delivery system of choice for the majority of patients with asthma. They have been well tried and tested and proven to be safe, reliably delivering a reproducible and precise dose, and account for ...
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Ensuring continuity of care for patients with diabetes mellitus
Nursing Standard, 2019Diabetes mellitus is a common long-term condition that requires careful monitoring and management. Patients with long-term conditions are often transferred between healthcare settings, for example: during admission to hospital from the community; transfer between hospital wards or inpatient departments; discharge from hospital into the community; and ...
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