title: [Evaluation of a discharge support process at our hospital--an analysis of problems at the time of discharge in the sub-acute ward].
abstract: It has been anticipated that an elderly population of Japan will be 28,730,000 in the year 2010. With that in mind, the structure of disease will be greatly changed and asked of patient to be a self reliant as much as possible at home and the daily local living. A discharge support of the long-term inpatient is one of the important issues in our hospital. In handling of the troublesome discharged patients who were transferred to the sub-acute ward, we clarified some of the discharge support problems. In doing so, we need a systematic patient discharge support and a general educational system for the patient and family as well as care nursing staff.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Nursing, Kanagawa Public Welfare Consecutive Sagamihara Cooperation Hospital.
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Kayoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013997:Time Factors