A telephone reassurance program for elderly home care clients after discharge.
Telephone reassurance programs (TRP) was developed to address the ongoing needs of chronically ill clients after home care discharge. Graduate students from Yale University School of Nursing worked with the Regional Visiting Nurse Agency of Connecticut, Inc., to develop this interesting program that could be replicated by home health agencies. Project objectives, a TRP protocol, program tools, potential benefits, and implications for agencies are presented.
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D000359:Aftercare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D009736:Nursing Process; D009737:Nursing Records; D010351:Patient Discharge; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013689:Telephone