Home After A Hospital Stay: How Covid Disrupts Care Needs
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Home After A Hospital Stay: How Covid Disrupts Care Needs

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacted a brutal toll across our entire healthcare system. Our attention is understandably focused on resource and staff shortages at hospitals. Safe home discharges for all patients, Covid and non-Covid, are likewise affected by these same disruptions to medical supplies and home care providers, from skilled nursing services and therapists to…

The Only Hospital Discharge Planning Checklist You Need During Covid
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The Only Hospital Discharge Planning Checklist You Need During Covid

Leaving the hospital for home is always a stressful time. It is especially so now. Effective discharge planning is even more critical during the pandemic when hospitals have been overwhelmed. Restrictive or zero visitation policies mean all patients, both Covid and non-Covid, are alone in the hospital as their families struggle to connect with overburdened…

Safe Hospital Discharge to Home Over the Phone: A 4-Part Series to Help You Plan
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Safe Hospital Discharge to Home Over the Phone: A 4-Part Series to Help You Plan

Week #1 in this series No time during a hospitalization is potentially more at risk for confusion and communication breakdowns, even in normal times, than at discharge when a patient is transitioning from hospital to home. It is at this moment that the burden of care shifts squarely to the shoulders of family. Caregiver Issues…

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