TY - JOUR
T1 - The unique role of the social worker within the Hospital at Home care delivery team
AU - Ross, Helena
AU - Dritz, Ryan
AU - Morano, Barbara
AU - Lubetsky, Sara
AU - Saenger, Pamela
AU - Seligman, Audrey
AU - Ornstein, Katherine A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Award (Grant Number 1C1CMS331334), and the John A. Hartford Foundation. We would like to acknowledge Janeen Marshall, MD, Elaine Williams, LMSW, & Christine Hamilton, PhD, for their thoughtful contribution to earlier versions of this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Hospital at Home (HaH) provides acute, hospital-level care at home and post-discharge follow-up. Through a review of 293 HaH admissions conducted by an urban, multidisciplinary HaH program from 2014 to 2017, we find that the social worker is involved in 71% of admissions and plays a crucial role in pre-emergency department discharge home care and safety screening, home intake, follow-up support, and transition of care to primary care providers and community-based services. We describe the social work activities involved in this model of care and present composite case studies for further illustration.
AB - Hospital at Home (HaH) provides acute, hospital-level care at home and post-discharge follow-up. Through a review of 293 HaH admissions conducted by an urban, multidisciplinary HaH program from 2014 to 2017, we find that the social worker is involved in 71% of admissions and plays a crucial role in pre-emergency department discharge home care and safety screening, home intake, follow-up support, and transition of care to primary care providers and community-based services. We describe the social work activities involved in this model of care and present composite case studies for further illustration.
KW - HaH
KW - Hospital at Home
KW - home hospitalization
KW - home-based care
KW - psychosocial assessment
KW - social work
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U2 - 10.1080/00981389.2021.1894308
DO - 10.1080/00981389.2021.1894308
M3 - Article
C2 - 33645451
AN - SCOPUS:85101900071
SN - 0098-1389
VL - 60
SP - 354
EP - 368
JO - Social Work in Health Care
JF - Social Work in Health Care
IS - 4
ER -