Home Health Process?

Referral and Admission -Referral- entry point into the health care system, This comes form the patient, family, hospital, physician, or an agency. Discharge planning process with a central agency intake coordinator to a direct call from the patient’s physician to the agency staff. -Admission-The RN makes the initial evaluation and admission visit within 24 to 48 hrs of the referral. The evaluation and admission process generally includes; 1. Complete patient evaluation, 2. Environmental assessment, 3. Identification of primary functional impairments, 4. Identification of the impact of the disease of disability on the patient and family, 5. Assessment of the support system of family of significant other, 6. Determination of knowledge and adherence to treatments and medications, 7. Determination of desire for care and services, 8. Involvement of the patient and the family in the development of the plan of care and goals, 9. Notification of the patient rights to self-determination, including information on costs, payment sources, and billing practices.10. Explanation of the patients rights to self-determination, including information and implementation policies for advanced direction, 11. Provision of initial nursing interventions