Development of a Home Health Patient Assessment Tool for Disaster Planning

Conclusion: Home-based care programs, such as the VHA HBPC program, are tasked with supporting the emergency preparedness of their patients, but often do not have the expertise to do so. This study shows that the checklist-like structure of an assessment tool can assist with this role by encouraging practitioners to cover key points with patients and their caregivers.Gerontology
Source: Gerontology - Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research