Home First! Identification of Hospitalized Patients for Home-Based Models of Care.

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Lim, SM; Island, L; Horsburgh, A; Maier, ABDate
2020-07-25Source Title
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA): long-term care: management, applied research and clinical issuesPublisher
Elsevier BVUniversity of Melbourne Author/s
Maier, AndreaAffiliation
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Lim, S. M., Island, L., Horsburgh, A. & Maier, A. B. (2020). Home First! Identification of Hospitalized Patients for Home-Based Models of Care.. J Am Med Dir Assoc, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.05.061.Access Status
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the proportion of hospitalized inpatients suitable for an acute and subacute home-based inpatient bed substitutive service, to examine the ability of treating teams to identify suitable patients for this service, and to examine potential barriers toward inpatients receiving home-based care. DESIGN: Prospective point prevalence study over 2 days in April 2019; analysis of responses to survey questionnaires regarding the suitability for home-based care among inpatients with multiday admissions to acute and subacute wards in the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), an Australian metropolitan tertiary referral center. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Ward treating teams, clinicians affiliated with the home-based service called RMH@Home, and inpatients who were subsequently identified as being suitable for home-based care. MEASUREMENTS: Point prevalence and characteristics of inpatients suitable for a home-based bed substitutive service; identified by either treating teams or RMH@Home clinicians; and barriers to the provision of home-based care among ward inpatients. RESULTS: Survey responses were received for 620 of 635 inpatients [median age 69 years (interquartile range 53-81), 53% male], of which 69 (11.1%) were identified as being suitable for home-based inpatient bed substitution care. Treating team clinicians identified 26 patients, clinicians affiliated with RMH@Home identified a further 43 suitable patients. The most commonly reported barrier (38.1%) toward receiving home-based care was functional disability impeding ability to live at home. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: A substantial proportion of hospitalized older patients could use home-based inpatient bed substitutive services. Clinicians experienced in home-based care are more skilled than ward-based clinicians in identifying suitable patients for this care model.
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