Coming Home from Hospital

Links to information about coming home from hospital and convalescing after serious illness or injury.

Reviewed July 2009

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Title:   Prescribing issues
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   GPs may encounter several commmon prescribing issues when managing palliative care patients in the community.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Media release. Getting older Australians out of hospital and back in their homes, regaining their independence: $293.2 million transition care
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, officially approved the creation of the second tranche of 470 transition care places. In the 2007-2008 financial year, 10,146 people received assistance through transition care.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Recommendations for the Discharge of Patients Undergoing Treatment with Radioactive Substances
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   These Recommendations are designed to provide guidance on the conditions that should be met for the discharge from a hospital or clinic of patients who are undergoing treatment with radioactive substances.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Media release. Helping older Australians get out of hospital and regain their independence -- transition care: stage two of election commitment
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government has begun allocating the second stage - 400 transition care places for 2009-2010 - of its four-year $293.2 million plan.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Media release. Queensland transition care places - out of hospital and back into their homes
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Australian Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, today announced a further 16 transition care places have become operational in Queensland - helping hundreds of older people out of hospital and back to their homes.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Media release. Transition care places: helping older people recover and return to their homes
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government has allocated 228 new transition care places under its $293.2 million plan to help older Australians recover from a hospital stay and return to their own homes.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Media release. Further NSW transitional care places rolled out: Central Coast
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government today announced another six new transition places for the Central Coast, bringing the number of fully-funded places in the region to 56. This means up to 420 older people a year living on the NSW Central Coast will get assistance to help them regain their independence after a major hospital stay.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Leaving hospital
Publisher:   National Stroke Foundation (NSF)
Description:   Leaving the hospital after a stroke is an important step for all stroke survivors and each person will have different needs. You may make a complete recovery after the stroke and go home without any support or you may need some help to be organised for you.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Convalescence
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Convalescence is the period in which the body recovers from a serious illness, injury or surgery. Changes to your lifestyle may be needed to make sure the body has enough time and rest to allow a complete recovery.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Pathways home
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Pathways Home is a program that the Australian Government funds under the 2003-08 Australian Health Care Agreements.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Going home
Publisher:   National Stroke Foundation (NSF)
Description:   Going home from hospital after a stroke is an important step for all stroke survivors. Each person will have different needs at home and go home to different types of support. If you have been in hospital, a number of things will happen before you go home.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Early discharge with home support of gavage feeding for stable preterm infants who have not established full oral feeds
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is not enough strong evidence regarding the effects of early home discharge for preterm babies who are stable but still need gavage (tube) feeds. Babies born preterm (before 37 weeks) are not usually discharged from hospital until they are able to...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Strategies for the removal of short-term indwelling urethral catheters in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients in hospital with a brief severe illness or following surgery may have a tube placed into the passage from the bladder (an in-dwelling urethral catheter). Potential complications are infection, tissue damage and patient discomfort. This review i...
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Early developmental intervention programs post hospital discharge to prevent motor and cognitive impairments in preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Preterm infants (babies born before 37 weeks) are at risk of development problems, including problems with cognitive and motor development. Cognitive development refers to thinking and learning ability and motor development refers to the way infants mov...
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Effectiveness of intermediate care in nursing-led in-patient units
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients who suffer an acute illness and are admitted to hospital are often admitted into an acute care ward with many services provided. But while recovering from the illness they may not need those intense services and will need to prepare to go home....
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Getting medicines right after a stay in hospital
Publisher:   National Prescribing Service
Description:   Learn some tips about preventing medicine mishaps after you leave hospital, including using a Medicines List, knowing the changes that have been made to your prescriptions, and informing your GP.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   From hospital to home - improving care outcomes for older people: annual report: National Action Plan - progress towards implementation 2004-05
Publisher:   Victorian Government Department of Human Services
Description:   The Australian Government, States and Territories made progress over the year 2004-05 towards implementing a range of goals identified in the National Action Plan.
Date:   Oct 2006
Title:   Hospital discharge summaries (Comments for consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   When patients go home after a stay in hospital, there should be a discharge summary. This tells the patient's doctor what treatment the hospital has given. It should include a list of the medicines the patient needs to continue.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Discharge medication (Editorial)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   There are many barriers to the transfer of a patient's medication history between the hospital and the community. It is just as important to have good information on discharge as it is to have an accurate medication history when the patient is admitted.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Nutritional supplementation for hip fracture aftercare in older people
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Older people with hip fractures are often malnourished at the time of their fracture and many have poor food intake while in hospital. Malnutrition may hinder recovery after hip fracture. We reviewed the effects of nutritional interventions in older peo...
Date:   Apr 2006
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