{"title":"Caring for Caregivers: National Case Management Week: October 13-10, 2024.","authors":"Suzanne K Powell","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000747","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000747","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The population of individuals over the age of 60 is expected to double by 2050, resulting in nearly 2.1 billion people. Statistics show that unpaid family caregiving is on the rise and will likely go higher. A look at caregiver statistics is revealing. There are ways that institutions and case managers can support this growing population.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 5","pages":"187-188"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141767620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of Patients Receiving Complex Case Management in an Acute Care Hospital.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000757","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000757","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 5","pages":"E17-E18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141767624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of Patients Receiving Complex Case Management in an Acute Care Hospital.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000757","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000757","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 5","pages":"E17-E18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142477204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethical Practice and Artificial Intelligence.","authors":"Lynn S Muller","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000751","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000751","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 5","pages":"226-228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141767627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Celebrating Case Managers Everywhere!","authors":"Janet Coulter","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000748","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000748","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 5","pages":"218-219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141767622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lesley Charles, Lisa Jensen, Jorge Mario Añez Delfin, Erin Norman, Bonnie Dobbs, Peter George Jaminal Tian, Jasneet Parmar
{"title":"Characteristics of Patients Receiving Complex Case Management in an Acute Care Hospital.","authors":"Lesley Charles, Lisa Jensen, Jorge Mario Añez Delfin, Erin Norman, Bonnie Dobbs, Peter George Jaminal Tian, Jasneet Parmar","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000742","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000742","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Improving transitions in care is a major focus of health care planning. In the research team's prior intervention study, the length of stay (LOS) was reduced when patients at high risk for readmission were identified early in their acute care stay and received complex management.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study will describe the characteristics of patients receiving complex case management in an urban acute care hospital.</p><p><strong>Primary practice setting: </strong>Acute care hospital.</p><p><strong>Methodology and sample: </strong>This was a retrospective chart review of patients in a previous quality assurance study. A random selection of patients who previously underwent high-risk screening using the LACE (Length of stay; Acuity of the admission; Comorbidity of the patient; Emergency department use) index and received complex case management (the intervention group) were reviewed. The charts of a random selection of patients from the previous comparison group were also reviewed. Patient characteristics were collected and compared using descriptive statistics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the intervention group, more patients had their family physicians (FPs) documented (93.1% [81/87] vs. 89.2% [66/74]). More patients in the intervention group (89.7% [77/87] vs. 85.1% [63/74]) lived at home prior to admission. More patients in the intervention group had a family caregiver involved (44.8% [39/87] vs. 41.9% [31/74]). At discharge, more patients in the intervention group (87.1% [74/85]) were discharged home compared with the comparison group (78.4% [58/74]).</p><p><strong>Implications for case management practice: </strong>(1) Having an identified FP, living at home, and having family caregiver(s) characterized those with lower LOS and discharged home. (2) Case management, risk screening, and discharge planning improve patient outcomes. (3) This study identified the importance of having a FP and engaged family caregivers in improving care outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 5","pages":"198-205"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141767623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advocacy into and Beyond Retirement.","authors":"Patricia Nunez","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000750","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000750","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 5","pages":"223-225"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141767619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cláudia Mendes, Manuel Carvalho, Catarina Martins, Luís Monteiro Rodrigues, João Gregório
{"title":"Design and Development of a Nurse-Led Program for the Management of Bariatric Surgery Patients-The NURLIFE Program.","authors":"Cláudia Mendes, Manuel Carvalho, Catarina Martins, Luís Monteiro Rodrigues, João Gregório","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000752","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000752","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 5","pages":"229-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141767625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a Complex Care Transition Team to Improve the Transition of Patients with Complex Care Needs to the Community.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000758","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NCM.0000000000000758","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45015,"journal":{"name":"Professional Case Management","volume":"29 5","pages":"E19-E20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141767626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}