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Nursing Facility Diversion: Mobilizing Residents, Families and Resources to Facilitate Return to Community Living
09/30/2004 | Requests *Summary
The Turner Geriatric Clinic Social Work Department established a community-hospital liaison as part of the Michigan Nursing Facility Transition grant. This report discusses the goals of the project, its development and implementation, challenges and successes, and the end results.
Author
Supiano, Katerine P., MS, CSW, FGSA; Carrol, Andrea M., MSW, CSW; Blomquist, Arlene, MA, LCSW
Available Files
- Report PDF (649K, 66 pages)
Keywords
Transition Planning; Nursing Facility Transition; Independent Living; Eligibility; Community Inclusion; ; challenges; promising practices; permanently returned to the community; discharge planning; prevention of avoidable nursing facility placement; diversion and transition
Topic
Long-Term Care, Organizational Change, Transition/Diversion from Institutions
Type/Tool
Reports
Source
Grantee produced, Michigan
State
Michigan
Date Created
02/22/2007
Contact
Nirvana Huhtala Petlick
npetlick@ifh.rutgers.edu
npetlick@ifh.rutgers.edu
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