Home sweet home

Asking patients about domestic violence requires skill and tact. But in one trust staff have been trained to approach the subject routinely with all adult patients--and services are on hand to help.     

Home sweet home

Residents of a nursing home in Wales benefit from matron Rachel Kemp's dedication to their wellbeing. Her work has been recognised with a national award.     

Home care case management. Perspectives from the home front

Focus groups were held with home care case managers in two cities in Canada which provided information on the role of the case manager, factors that influence decision making, recent changes that have taken place in case management, and the different and positive aspects of home care case management. Factors which influence decision making were grouped into organizational, client, family, other professionals, and case management factors. The differences in case managers' preparation and functions in the two sites are discussed. The difficult aspects of case management included making tough decisions related to client resources, and client, work life, and management issues. The positive aspects included the personal interaction with clients, the opportunity to follow through on services to clients, the diversity of case management work, and the opportunity for relatively independent professional practice.