Dramatic changes in the health care delivery system and sky-system and is now recognized by many reimbursement agencies Psychiatric Home Nursing Care● is home health care? The American Nurses Association (ANA, 2008) contributed the following defirocketing costs have created a need to fias a preferred method of community-based service. Just what quality, cost-effective care to psychiatric clients. Home care has become one of the fastest growing areas in the healthcare Cages in the patients’ residences, which may include private homes, in their transition to end of life (p. 3). BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT DATApatients and the families and other caregivers, or to support patients The goal of care is to maintain or improve the quality of life for Home health nursing is nursing practice applied to patients of all and other caregivers are the focus of home health nursing practice. assisted living, or personal care facilities. Patients and their families HAPTER^21 nition: nd a way to provide
2506_Ch21_348-357.indd Sec1:348 2506 Ch 21 348 - 357 .indd skills to meet both the physical and the psychosocial needs of following factors: 1. Earlier hospital discharges 2. Increased demand for home care as an alternative to institu- 3. Broader third-party payment coverage^348 home environment charges the nurse with the responsibility of the homebound client. Serving health care consumers in their providing holistic care.Predisposing FactorsA n increase in psychiatric home care may be associated with the 5. The increasing need to contain health-care costs and the S 4. Greater physician acceptance of home care ec 1 The psychiatric home care nurse must have knowledge and tional caregrowth of managed care : 348 1 10/1/10 9:38:01 AM 0 / 1 / 10 9 : 38 : 01 AM
