Understanding nursing home care in Indian country

Authors: Saari JF
Publication Year: 2000
Last Updated: 2010-01-21 08:14:08
Journal: IHS Primary Care Provider
Keywords: Health Services for the Aged; Long-Term Care; Nursing Staff; Practice Management; Professional-Family Relations; Skilled Nursing Facilities

Short Abstract: Most Indian health care facilities have developed some sort of a working relationship with extended care facilities. No matter what the relationship, it is useful to know how to work with an extended care facility, so that patients receive the best care possible. This brief article provides some advice for those readers who have not had the opportunity to work in an extended care environment

Abstract: Most Indian health care facilities have developed some sort of a working relationship with extended care facilities. In some situations, Indian health providers may simply write an order for the transfer of their patients to such a unit. At the other end of the spectrum, some Indian Health Service/tribal/urban facilities have established intimate arrangements with specific extended care facilities (ECF); they may refer patients to one facility often, care for those ECF residents when they become acutely ill, and, in some cases, provide physician attending services to patients residing in that ECF. No matter what the relationship, it is useful to know how to work with an extended care facility, so that patients receive the best care possible. This brief article provides some advice for those readers who have not had the opportunity to work in an extended care environment

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