| Introduction Using the seven key principles of the hospital discharge process devised by the Department of Health (DH‚ 2003)‚ this case study will critically analyse the process of an elderly patient who was discharged from a local acute trust. It begins by providing a definition of discharge planning‚ before providing a brief biography of the patient‚ including a rationale of why this patient was selected‚ details of her past medical history‚ reason for current admission‚ any issues raised
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Discharge Planning Task 724.2.4-01-07 Western Governors University Discharge Planning Task 724.2.4-01-07 Successful discharge planning is not something that should be initiated when the patient is ready to go home‚ but should be discussed prior to the surgery being performed if possible. The total hip replacement that Mr. Trosack is recovering from was not a planned surgery so case management should have begun working on this once he was admitted to the floor postoperatively. Healthcare
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Chapter 22 Performance and Discharge Laura Westensee Edited by Nikki Meltabarger I. Conditions in Contracts Under Common Law‚ a contract is an agreement involving a promise or set of promises enforceable by law. The Uniform Commercial Code uses this same definition of contract‚ but in a more limited sense pertaining to the sale of goods. A person who makes an offer is the offeror‚ while the person to whom the offer is made is the offeree. The offeree is given the power to create a legally
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DISCHARGE SUMMARY Patient Name: Benjamin Engelhart Patient ID: 112592 DOB: 10/05/1967 Age: 46 Sex: M Date of Admission: 11/14/2013 Date of Discharge: 11/17/2013 Admitting Physician: Bernard Kester‚ MD General Surgery Consultations: Procedures Performed: Laparoscopic Appendectomy with placement of RLQ drain 11/14/2013 Complications: None Discharge Diagnosis: Acute Superative Appendicitis; perforated Diagnostic Lab/Imaging: Lab results at the time of admission showed
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This past December I observed the discharge of a patient from the Emergency Department that never should have taken place. The patient was a senior citizen who suffered a fall injury‚ and was diagnosed with bilateral humerus fractures. Her injuries did not require immediate surgical intervention and her pain was relatively well controlled. Therefore‚ the physician caring for her did not find it medically necessary to admit her. Unfortunately‚ the decision to discharge then resulted in a total lack of
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Discharge planning for both the day surgery and the person who has been hospitalised for several days following surgery‚ incorporates an assessment of the persons and family’s abilities for self-care‚ financial resources and the need for referrals and home health services (Berman‚ 2014). Seeing as though Mrs Green lives at home on her own‚ health care professionals need to ensure that Mrs Green has access to the appropriate services throughout her recovery. If her family or friends are unable to
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Right to Discharge Discharge from the hospital is the point at which a patient leaves the hospital and returns home or is transferred to a rehabilitation facility or a nursing home. The discharge process typically centers on the specific medical instructions which will encourage the healing process necessary for a full recovery by the patient. The planning process or discharge planning is also a service which fully integrates the recovering patient’s needs just after the hospital stay. In many
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Graded Unit Planning Stage Kirsty Lafferty I am currently on placement at the Fred Paton Day Care Centre which is a Centre for elderly service users. My role in the facility is to provide support / assistance when required and to help engage service users in activities that are provided by the staff within the organisation. At present I am working with a 62 year old male who has recently suffered from a bad stroke and another recent mini stroke which
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Constructive Discharge‚ Employee ID - 4022 Message: With respect to the case filed by our former employee against the company under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ constructive discharge‚ I would like to draw your attention towards the legalities of constructive discharge. Constructive discharge occurs when employees resign because their employer ’s behavior has become so intolerable or heinous or made life so difficult that the employee has no choice but to resign (Constructive Discharge). The
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This memo should clear up any questions you have remaining about the situation of the constructive discharge/ violation of Title VII lawsuit filed by our former employee‚ and will also give some suggestions for how we can avoid this problem in the future. First‚ it should be made clear that constructive discharge is that act of “forcing an employee out of a job with an ultimatum to either resign or face one of several unpleasant consequences”‚ which could be‚ among other things‚ unwanted transfer
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