Non-Traditional Discharge Planning

Patient volumes in the acute care setting continue to rise, with hospitals being at and over capacity on an alarming basis. Therapists in the acute care setting are pushed to complete evaluations and make discharge recommendationsfaster than ever before; sometimes basing that decision on 15 minutes of face-to-face time. To compound this problem, there is a subset of patients that are the revolving door ofmisunderstood medical follow-up needs, housing instability, and unmet community resources. This workshop will look to discuss creative ways to approach discharge planning, utilizing other members of the interdisciplinary care team and community resources to aid in addressing the non-traditionalpatient. This course will discuss patient engagement indischarge planning and establishing realistic goals for the acute care setting.

Highlights

• Engage in a candid conversation in an educationalsetting that will discuss the challenges of balancing length of stay, productivity, and patient needs
• Identify community resources and out-of-the-box thinking to help progress patients to the next level of care

Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants