A free discharge checklist and care transition plan for patients is available from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of its Care About Your Care program. Care About Your Care is an RWJF ...

Unnecessary hospital readmissions occur for various reasons, including incomplete discharge planning, a lack of follow-up from the hospital, patients’ difficulty in adhering to medication regimens and ...

The 2022 performance year’s Star Ratings require Medicare Advantage plans to take a more significant role in preventing readmissions. Transitions of care have become a major focus for improving health ...

Due to the COVID-19 health crisis, many nursing homes are seeing increased requests from residents and family for therapeutic leaves and resident-initiated discharges. This is a refresher on the ...

My mother, age 78, had a stroke 3 recently. She was transferred to a rehabilitation center where she will stay 2-3 weeks. Her doctors are confident that she will be able to resume a fairly active and ...

Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has experienced a marked shift to home-based care as more and more patients – including seniors – opt to recover at home rather than in a long ...

If you’ve ever been discharged from a hospital or helped a loved one through it, you know how overwhelming it can be. One moment, you’re in a hospital bed, and the next, you’re handed a pile of ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations result in substantial post-discharge care needs, especially in older adults, compared to influenza, stroke, and acute myocardial infarction (MI).