Geriatrics Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Geriatrics, including details on old age, psychiatry, depression, medicine.

Putting the pieces together: private-duty home healthcare and geriatric care management: one home health agency's model.

Scott LM, Sharkey C

HealthTouch, Inc., Wakefield, RI, USA. lisamscott1@comcast.net

This article examines how one home health agency successfully launched a geriatric care management program. The methods of market assessment, the necessary staff to implement the program, and an overview of geriatric care management in general are presented together with an actual case study.

Published 13 March 2007 in Home Healthc Nurse, 25(3): 167-72.
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