Nursing Home to Community Program: A Discharge Planning Manual

Article Publication Date:

3/20/2006

Summary:

The manual is a nursing home to community discharge planning manual designed primarily for use in nursing homes and may be of help to others to use in developing manuals for their communities. It is designed to orient the long-term care providers to the nursing home discharge process by defining the roles of the key partners who are involved in returning residents to community living and to document a standard protocol for accessing and maximizing partner resources.

Topics:

Accessibility; Consumer/Participant Direction; Housing; Transition/Diversion from Institutions

Types/Tools:

Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers; Manuals

Populations:

Aging/Older Adults

Sources:

ILRU

Programs/Initiatives:

Money Follows the Person

States:

All States/Territories; New York