Discharge Planning
Discharge planning is become increasingly important as the average
time that patients stay in hospital declines.
iCAHE has developed a number of tools designed for patients,
carers, community service staff, medical practitioners and residential
care staff.
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Information for Evaluators and Researchers |
The information in this section is specifically designed to facilitate best practice assessment to assist discharge plans, and to encourage discharge processes that reflect the needs of patients and carers as well as the healthcare team. Available literature suggests that best practice discharge planning recognises patient's needs, bridges the hospital-community interface through collaboration of hospital and community services and ensures appropriate post-discharge support in the community (Discharge planning: Responsive Standards 2007, Hyde, Robert and Sinclair 2000, Parker et al. 2002, Richards and Coast 2003, Shepperd et al. 2004) (fig 1). Discharge planning can involve a range of organisational activities, which are usually instigated in hospital and continue into the community, in order to ensure that appropriate post-discharge supports are in place in a timely and effective manner.
Whilst the focus of iCAHE is on allied health these tools are relevant across a range of disciplines and fields, and are suitable for most hospital discharge facilitations and post-discharge assessments.
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