We can't abandon the elderly client.
An interdisciplinary team approach, supported by the ethics committee, is essential to managing effectively the difficult-to-service client living in an urban setting. At New York's Calvary Hospital's Certified Home Health Agency, this process has distributed decisionmaking and planning of care throughout all levels of personnel, improved staff morale, and brought desperately needed home care services to patients society has abandoned.
Townsend
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Calvary Hospital Certified Home Health Agency, Bronx, NY.
Sherlock-Prince
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D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards; D017041:Ethics Committees; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000592:standards*; D010358:Patient Participation; D012017:Referral and Consultation