- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- A study on the effects of home healthcare on hospital readmissions for elderly patients with congestive heart failure, 1997
- Creator:
- Freeney, Alicia D.
- Date of Original:
- 1997-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The overall objective of this study was to investigate whether an increase in the amount of home health care services will have an impact on the readmission rate among elderly patients who are diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure. To attain this objective, the following areas of home health care were addressed by the researcher: (a) identification of home care services provided and (b) effectiveness of home care on the elderly with congestive heart failure. Content Analysis design was used in the study. A sample of 40 patients were used for the study. A sample of patients with the primary diagnoses of congestive heart failure were selected for the study. Discharge Plans were documented, patients were followed to determine the extent to which the expected or arranged care was followed. The study was an attempt to demonstrate that the proper use of home care services will prove to be effective against hospital readmissions among those elderly patients with congestive heart failure and who are at risk for long term hospitalization.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1997_freeney_alicia_d
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
