Longitudinal nursing case management for elderly heart failure patients: notes from the field

Nurs Case Manag. 2000 Jan-Feb;5(1):32-6.

Abstract

Longitudinal case management is an intervention delivered by professional nurses that involves following patients from the inpatient to the outpatient arena. The hands-on process of day-to-day case management of elderly persons with heart failure is presented. The issues associated with delivering this intervention to this patient population are examined, and implications for refining the case management process are discussed.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Case Management / organization & administration*
  • Continuity of Patient Care
  • Female
  • Heart Failure / economics
  • Heart Failure / nursing*
  • Heart Failure / psychology
  • Humans
  • Long-Term Care / organization & administration*
  • Long-Term Care / psychology
  • Male
  • Models, Nursing
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Patient Care Team / organization & administration*
  • Patient Discharge
  • Patient Education as Topic / organization & administration
  • Program Evaluation
  • Quality of Life