HOME CARE--A FAMILY EDUCATION PACKAGE

描述：(改编自《调查者摘要》)提议的项目 包括三个教育包，录像带和笔记本，以 教育家庭有关长期或长期居家护理的问题 病危的家庭成员。这些套餐将为不同的 儿童、成人和老年人的居家护理需求。每个包裹都将 对家庭护理涉及的问题进行家庭教育：家庭的情感需求 患者和照顾者、资金/报销问题以及福利 以及家庭护理的挑战。在第二阶段期间，绩效指标将产生所有 三个包裹。在接近完成的阶段，它们将由 顾问委员会和焦点小组，由家庭和 专业人士。来自这些审查的意见将被纳入 最终版本。然后，每个套餐都将进行定量测试 来自全国各地的家庭护理机构的客户。巴里 EDD Zamoff将监督这一阶段的研究。家庭护理正在成为 越来越多的患者及其家人成为付款人的现实 在美国的医疗保健系统中，试图削减成本并照顾病人 在价格较低的环境中。随之而来的是利用率的提高 对信息和资源的需求增加。这些录像带/笔记本 套餐就是为了满足这种日益增长的需求而设计的。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from Investigator's Abstract) The proposed project consists of three educational packages, videotape and notebook, to educate families on issues relating to at-home care for chronically or critically ill family members. These packages will serve the distinct home care needs of children, adults, and the elderly. Each package will educate families on issues involved in home care: emotional needs of patient and caregiver, funding/reimbursement issues, and the benefits and challenges of home care. During Phase II the PIs will produce all three packages. At a near-finished stage, they will be reviewed by the Board of Advisors and Focus Groups that consist of families and professionals. Comments from these reviews will be incorporated into the final versions. Each package will then be quantitatively tested with the clients of home care agencies from across the country. Barry Zamoff, EdD, will oversee this phase of research. Home care is becoming a reality for growing numbers of patients and their families as payers in the U.S. health care system try to cut costs and care for patients in lower-priced settings. With this increase in utilization comes an increased need for information and resources. These videotape/notebook packages are designed to fill that growing need.