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Home Health Care Services Introduction Albrech

Albrecht (1990) has defined home health care as a component in a continuum of health care whereby health services are provided to individuals and families in their places of residence for purposes of promoting, maintaining, or restoring health, and/or for maximizing patient independence while minimizing illness. The nature of provided home health services was delineated by Medicare (HCFA, 1989) as including one or more of the following:

(1) Part-time or intermittent nursing care provided by or under the supervision of a professional registered nurse.

(2) Physical, occupational, or speech therapy.

(4) Part-time or intermittent services of a home health aide.

(5) Medical supplies (non drug and/or biologic materials) and the use of medical applications.

(6) Medical services provided by an intern or resident enrolled in a teaching program in hospitals affiliated or under contract with a home health agency.

One practical problem in home health care is making sure that both clients and medical personnel involved in providing home health care service delivery are aware of community resources which can be utilized to effect maximal service quality and delivery (Albrecht, 1994). The purpose of the review of literature presented here is to examine research which documents the exploitation of home health community resources as a problem and which offers solutions for correcting this problem.

To provide content to this examination, the review begins with a brief discussion of Dorothea Orem's Self-Care model of nursing. The model is discussed because it is one of the primary conceptual underpinnings of home health care service provision.

Dorothea Orem's Theory of Nursing and Self-Care

According to Joseph (1980), Orem's model of nursing and self-care operates to maximize the quality of home health services. As applied to home health care needs, the model requires the nurse to identify the therapeutic self-...

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