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Rehabilitation in the Extended Care Facility
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1979Rehabilitation can be readily carried out in an extended care facility. A technique is presented for accomplishing this objective by organizing existing personnel within the facility into a rehabilitation team which is goal-oriented. The Barthel Index serves as an objective measurement of the patient's progress.
J W, Reed, J E, Gessner
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A Nursing‐Home Care Unit: Extended Care Service
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1973ABSTRACT: A new Nursing‐Home Care Unit, opened at the Miami Veterans Administration Hospital in September 1970, is described. The aim is to take the best possible care of the residents in all aspects of their lives during the process of rehabilitation. The Unit could be regarded as a model for nursing homes everywhere.
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Appropriate length of extended day care
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2004Extended day care (EDC) is a one‐day admission spending one night in hospital. Many EDC patients do not need hospital care over night, so probably they could be transferred to a day surgery setting, resulting in decreased costs and increased efficiency.
Lambert J G G, Panis +3 more
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Community Pharmacist–Provided Extended Diabetes Care
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2009Background Pharmacists in various settings have been effective in initiating diabetes treatment. Patients with diabetes require ongoing disease management, and community pharmacists are in a strategic position to provide such extended care. Little is known, however, about the effects of community pharmacist–provided interventions beyond the initial ...
William R, Doucette +3 more
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Scabies in the Extended Care Facility
International Journal of Dermatology, 1983ABSTRACT: Scabies occurred in three nursing homes (two in Missouri and one in Pennsylvania) where the diagnosis was obscured by a lack of the usual clinical signs. Topical steroids can aggravate scabies and help to confirm the diagnosis; treatment with lindane lotion is successful, provided all patients and health personnel are treated.
L C, Parish +3 more
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Extended care referral after hospital discharge
Research in Nursing & Health, 1998The purpose of this study was to describe the influence of selected organizational and medical factors on communication between hospitals and extended care facilities (ECF) in the referral of elderly clients following discharge from acute care. Using a tool with previously established reliability and validity, 455 closed records of referral were ...
M A, Anderson, L B, Helms
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Extending Care: Voice Technology
2010Since the beginning of time, communication has revolutionized our lives and molded our future. Individuals have always possessed a natural desire to bridge the gaps between each other to communicate more efficiently and effectively than ever before. From prehistory to the twenty-first century, the human race has used its voice to convey thoughts, to ...
Debra M. Wolf +2 more
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Use of Patient Care Extenders in Critical Care Nursing
AACN Advanced Critical Care, 1992This article explores the implementation and use of patient care extenders in two critical care units. Experimentation and diversity in changing the care-delivery system were the forces motivating the management team to redesign the existing nursing care-delivery system.
S, Cardin, S, Kane, K, Koch
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Extended Emergency Care for Painful Conditions
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2001Painful conditions are a common cause for visits to emergency departments. Appropriate therapy often consists of sedating medications followed by a period of observation that is beneficial in assessing their effect. The cause of abdominal pain is frequently elusive, requiring prolonged testing and re-examination.
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