Home‐Based Medical Care: High‐Value Health Care During Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Beyond. Issue 2 (6th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fessler, Emily B.; Soriano, Theresa; Whitehouse, Christina R.; Miller, Rachel K.
• Is Part Of: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Volume 69:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 289
• Page End: 292
• Publication Date: 2020-12-06
• Subjects: coronavirus disease 2019 -- home care -- care delivery; Geriatrics -- Periodicals; 618.97
• DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16967
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-8614

Abstract

Abstract : Ms. H is a 78‐year‐old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and recent stroke who was discharged 1 month ago from a subacute rehabilitation facility. She moved in with her son because she now requires a walker and cannot return to her third‐floor apartment. One evening, Ms. H develops a low‐grade fever and mild shortness of breath intermittently relieved by her albuterol inhaler. Her son is worried, but knows that his mom does not want to return to the hospital.