Demographic and Psychosocial Characteristics of Cognitively-Intact Chronically Ill Elders Receiving Home Health Services

Abstract

ABSTRACT The intent of this study is to sensitize the home health care milieu to the psychosocial needs of home health patients in the effort to initiate effective discharge planning as soon as possible. All of the disciplines that comprise the treatment team play a vital role in relapse prevention; however, the role of the social worker, providing social and emotional interventions to speed recovery and/or prevent exacerbation, has become more prominent. Key demographic and multivariate analysis findings are discussed related to the prevention of relapse. Social work interventions are discussed for several target issues.