Resources
News Releases
In Celebration of Nurse Practitioner Week, Organizations Screen documentary film THE INVISIBLE PATIENTS
Press Release – By Lauren Townsend – November, 16, 2016
Locate a Provider
If you have a friend or family member who may be in need of a home healthcare provider, go to the Locate a Home Healthcare Provider page at the American Academy of Home Care Medicine Website
News About Primary Care in the Home
Admitted to Your Bedroom: Some Hospitals Try Treating Patients at Home
The New York Times – By Daniela J. Lamas, M. April 27, 2015
A Vision for “Hospital at Home” Programs
Harvard Business Review – Bruce Leff, MD – December 21, 2015
Opportunity Knocks at Home: How Home-Based Primary Care Offers a Win-Win for U.S. Health Care
Brookings Institution – Dec. 2013
Medicare pilot project revives house calls as cost-cutting strategy
Continuum of Care News – May 25, 2016
Independence at Home: Medicare’s Return to “Old-Fashioned” House Calls
Hello Health Blog – Patrick Stevenson – June 1, 2016
Treating the “Invisible Homebound”: Setting Standards for Health Care Provided at Home
Article in The Commonwealth Fund – January 30, 2015
Independence at Home Demonstration Results
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website
Does my mother qualify for home health care?
PBS Newshour MAKING SEN$E – May 17, 2015
Quality-of-care standards missing for homebound seniors
Modern Healthcare Magazine – January 24, 2015
Homebound older adults: Prevalence, characteristics, health care utilization and quality of care
Geriatric Nursing – Nov./Dec., 2015
Report: Many Homebound Seniors Not Receiving Home Health Care
Nathan Hope – Home Health Blogger – March 7, 2016
What it Means to be Homebound
Visiting Nurse Association website