Community resources for clients with mobility problems.
Clients are leaving the hospital "quicker and sicker," and they frequently have acute care needs that must be met by resources outside the hospital setting. Community resources are diverse, vary widely from place to place, and have no central administration. Thus, using them can be challenging for both the nurse, client, and family. Reimbursement mechanisms underlie a person's ability to use resources and receive health care. By presenting two actual case scenarios where clients have mobility problems commonly seen by orthopaedic nurses, the authors discuss the community resources available, avenues of access to them, and their reimbursement mechanisms.
Gerber
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Department of Nursing at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA.
McGuire
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D003153:Community Health Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008483:Medical Assistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010351:Patient Discharge; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D016138:Walking