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Time to convalesce

Time to convalesce Feature Katharine Orellana overarching term covering the period that begins at medical stabilisation and finishes when a hospital Time to patient has returned home and feels comfortably re-integrated into their life. A narrower view of convalescence is convalesce as a stage during which a person rests, recovers their strength and Katharine Orellana’s interest in the confidence and makes the necessary adjustments convalescence needs of older people led her that will enable them to remain independent for to investigate the subject more thoroughly longer. In this case, convalescence fits into the care through her recent MSc in Gerontology at the continuum after medical stabilisation has been Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King’s achieved following illness, surgery or an acute College London. crisis. To be successful, it needs to be available at ‘the point at which the greatest value is added’ Current policy and practice is to return older (Shortell, 1997), and in the right location for as people home as soon as possible after a spell in long as necessary. hospital. Intermediate care (IC) facilitates this There are several stages during which a period of process, and has been the subject of many papers. convalescence may be beneficial: Very little http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Working with Older People Emerald Publishing

Time to convalesce

Orellana, Katharine
Working with Older People , Volume 8 (2): 4 – Jun 1, 2004
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Emerald Publishing
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1366-3666
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Feature Katharine Orellana overarching term covering the period that begins at medical stabilisation and finishes when a hospital Time to patient has returned home and feels comfortably re-integrated into their life. A narrower view of convalescence is convalesce as a stage during which a person rests, recovers their strength and Katharine Orellana’s interest in the confidence and makes the necessary adjustments convalescence needs of older people led her that will enable them to remain independent for to investigate the subject more thoroughly longer. In this case, convalescence fits into the care through her recent MSc in Gerontology at the continuum after medical stabilisation has been Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King’s achieved following illness, surgery or an acute College London. crisis. To be successful, it needs to be available at ‘the point at which the greatest value is added’ Current policy and practice is to return older (Shortell, 1997), and in the right location for as people home as soon as possible after a spell in long as necessary. hospital. Intermediate care (IC) facilitates this There are several stages during which a period of process, and has been the subject of many papers. convalescence may be beneficial: Very little

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Published: Jun 1, 2004

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