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- Title
EVALUATING SOCIAL WORK DISCHARGE PLANNING SERVICES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE: ACCESS, COMPLEXITY, AND OUTCOME.
- Authors
Oktay, Julianne S.; Steinwachs, Donald M.; Mamon, Joyce; Bone, Lee R.; Fahey, Maureen
- Abstract
This article discusses the methodology to evaluate social work discharge planning services for elderly people. Five medium to large hospitals in Baltimore, selected to be representative of the population in the area, participated in the study. Two were major teaching institutions, two had religious affiliations, and one was a community hospital with no religious affiliation. A stratified random sample was taken such that each hospital had an equal number of cases in the study and such that half of the patients were 60 to 74 years old and half were 75 or more. All patients who were placed in nursing homes or other institutions and all who stayed in the hospital less than three or more than 30 days were omitted. Patients were sampled randomly at admission, and informed consent was obtained. Eighty percent of those sampled (n =1,100) agreed to participate. A questionnaire was completed by the social worker after each sampled patient's discharge. Social workers were not told that a patient was in the study until after discharge to minimize the chance of changes from normal services.
- Subjects
OLDER people; CHARITIES; HEALTH facilities; LONG-term health care; MEDICAL care; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Health & Social Work, 1992, Vol 17, Issue 4, p290
- ISSN
0360-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hsw/17.4.290