Discharge Planning: Hospital to Home Transitions for Infants
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
- Vol. 9 (4) , 26-42
- https://doi.org/10.1177/027112149000900404
Abstract
The transition of families between hospital-based and community-based care is problematic from a number of perspectives, but it can be enhanced by a systematic communication process. Both families and practitioners benefit from the coordination of information through a formalized discharge summary. For families, especially, the importance of a planned process and succinct summary for discharge cannot be overemphasized. This transition will be the first of many they will make with their child between programs and service providers.Keywords
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