title: Improving the quality of home care for patients with heart failure.
abstract: Home care nurses play a very important role in caring for patients with heart failure. The home care nurse's ability to follow patients one-on-one over a period of time, assess and observe patient self-care behaviors such as medication adherence and dietary intake, and intervene with patient education is unique.
authors.affiliation: Covenant Home Health & Hospice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. ml_gorski@msn.com
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Gorski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States