Alan Menikoff (EDT) Psychiatric Home Care

Annotation

In this economic-clinical review of home care services, the reader finds a brief economic history of psychiatric services in this country, several models of psychiatric care, an illustration of the burdens borne by families when such services are unavailable, and strategies for developing "managed care-friendly" services programs. This book addresses real-world issues of designing services models that meet the clinical needs of an underserved population while also appealing to the economic imperatives of managed care.Economic models of home care in a managed care environmentStandard clinical goals of home careRecommended guidelines for home care servicesClinical vignettesFamily burdens of home care"New players" in psychiatric home careManaged care-friendly payment modelsUse of paraprofessionals in home careCoordination of inpatient and home care services