Home-Based Advance Care Programme is Effective in Reducing Hospitalisations of Advanced Heart Failure Patients: A Clinical and Healthcare Cost Study

Raymond CC Wong, 1MBBS, MRCP, Poh Tin Tan, 1Adv Dip (Nursing), Yen Hoon Seow, 1Adv Dip (Nursing), Suzana Aziz, 1Adv Dip (Nursing), Nilar Oo, 1MBBS, Swee Chong Seow, 1MBBS, MRCP, Angeline Seah, 2MBBS, MRCP, Ping Chai, 1MBBS, MRCP Abstract Introduction: In end-stage heart failure (HF) that is not eligible for mechanical assist device or heart…

Analisi comparativa della modalità di presa in carico infermieristica fra il livello ospedaliero e domiciliare della zona mugello

Nel corso degli anni tramite esperienze personali ed esperienze effettuate durante i miei studi, ho visto prendere corpo sempre di più, per le persone in difficoltà, l’assistenza domiciliare. In contemporanea sono comparsi tempi di degenza ospedaliera sempre più brevi e questo ha comportato l’insorgenza di maggior disagio per le persone sole e le famiglie che…

A qualitative study of community home-based care and antiretroviral adherence in Swaziland

Robin Root and Alan Whiteside Abstract Introduction: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has rendered HIV and AIDS a chronic condition for individuals in many parts of the world. Adherence, however, is integral to achieving chronicity. Studies have shown both relatively high ART adherence rates in sub-Saharan Africa and the importance of community home-based care (CHBC) to facilitating…