Impact of a social work residential care team on the discharge of hospitalised patients

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ID11958772
AutoresDebra A Leahy (Council for British Research in the Levant, autor correspondente), Penny Lording (0000-0003-0451-1898, Council for British Research in the Levant, autor correspondente)
Ano2005
Volume58
Fascículo3
Páginas285-300
Data de publicação2005-08-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAustralian Social Work (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1447-0748.2005.00221.x
OpenAlexW2093994460
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas6

The Melbourne Health (MH) Social Work Residential Care Team (RCT) was established in 2002 as a new and innovative approach to aged care. The service employs three full‐time social workers and an Allied Health assistant with previous experience in aged care. The RCT works across the MH continuum of care with inpatients recommended for residential care. The service is predominantly patient‐ and family‐focused, but is also consultative to meet the education needs of MH staff and the community. This paper discusses the MH Social Work Residential Care model, reviews data collected since RCT implementation and the benefits shown for patients, their families and interdisciplinary staff. This paper discusses pressures and factors that impinge on the ability to discharge patients to residential care and explores recommendations for ongoing clinical practice as well as recommendations that the RCT has submitted to management for further consideration

Aged care · Business · Family medicine · Health care · Randomized controlled trial · Residential care · Service (business · Social care · Work (physics · Engineering · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Social Work · Gerontology