Patient Vignettes
Complete Home Care - Kingston, Pennsylvania
This patient video describes the successful efforts of keeping an unstable patient at home. This patient was hospitalized several times before admission to home care. Phone monitoring and aggressive interventions have kept this patient at home.
- Patient Vignette 1 (WMV - 19.1 MB)
All Care Home Care - Hazleton, Pennsylvania
This patient vividly illustrates why home is important to the elderly. This patient requires frequent interventions and reassurance from the home care nurse, but is able to stay at home comfortably and “in her own environment.”
- Patient Vignette 2 (WMV - 11.5 MB)
VNA Community Care Services - Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The value of telemonitoring in keeping patients at home is shown in this video. Home telemonitoring allows the clinicians to access early changes in the patient status. This patient describes how frequent and early interventions, as a result of the telemonitoring, permitted him to stay at home. This video also illustrates how the strong relationship between the home care nurse and patient provides a better opportunity to encourage patient self-management, understanding of disease and compliance with medications.
- Patient Vignette 3 (WMV - 18.3 MB)
Davis Home Plus - Elkins, West Virginia
This video demonstrates the importance of telemonitoring to a patient in one of the 12 rural counties that Davis Home Plus serves. Since the telemonitoring system records her vitals daily, she is able to stay at home and take care of her husband. The close relationship between patient and nurse is also explained in detail.
Carilion Health System - Roanoke, Virginia
This patient describes how home care has provided the opportunity for him to be able to function at home with his illness, which otherwise could have an overwhelming affect and stress on his life.
- Patient Vignette 4* (WMV - 16.7 MB)
Home Care in Pictures
This slide show features photographs of patients and home care staff, putting a face to the importance of reducing avoidable hospitalizations.
- Slide Show (3.6 MB)
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