Month: June 2022

Home-Based Care

(Jessica L. Colburn, MD Jennifer L. Hayashi, MD Bruce Leff, MD) HOME-CARE MODELS Specific home-care models have proven effective at providing high-quality care to vulnerable older adults. These models include preventive home care programs and medical house calls that integrate medical and social supportive services focusing on the care of chronically disabled persons, home geriatric assessment, posthospital case management/ transitional care models, home rehabilitation, and hospital at home. PREVENTIVE HOME CARE/GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT Many models of preventive home care for older adults at risk of functional decline have been described and evaluated. Models differ in their target populations, intensity and degree…