Cone Hospital review [April, 1985]

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THE MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
From Hospital To Home — A Better Way
New Construction Manager
Ruth Beasley, Preadmission Discharge Planning Nurse, assists Martha Ann Blair as she
leaves the hospital. Miss Blair was the first patient to take advantage of this new Moses
Cone Hospital program.
A Preadmission Discharge Planning Program at The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital is helping patients age 65 or older plan
for successful discharge before they are
admitted to the hospital. Working as a
team, Ruth Beasley, a nurse, and Marilyn
Loftis, a social worker, began the program
on March 1 to help avoid discharge delays for
the hospital's older patients.
Goals of the program, according to Beasley and Loftis, are to assist the patient in a
smooth transition from hospital to home after treatment for a medical illness or after the
patient has undergone surgery; to assist the
patient and family to understand and to secure necessary community resources; and to
help the patient understand the medical regi-
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men prescribed by the physician and to realize the importance of adhering to the
regimen.
"The process begins with a telephone interview before the patient is admitted to the
hospital," Loftis said. "The telephone interview will be followed by a home visit, if necessary, to determine the patient's need for
additional or supportive services when he or
she returns home from the hospital."
"There are many possible factors which
might delay a patient's discharge from the
hospital," Beasley explained. "The patient
may have other medical or physical conditions in addition to the reason for hospitalization. He or she may live alone or may not
have transportation for post hospital visits to
the physician's office. He may not be able to
shop or prepare meals. She may need help in
taking her medications. While recuperation
following hospitalization may present some
problems for patients of any age, older people as a group have more difficulties to contend with than younger persons.
"If we know the circumstances of our older
patients in advance, we can help the patient
secure the necessary help needed to recuperate safely at home," Beasley said.
"The recommendations we make become
a part of the patient's medical record, making this information available to the primary
physician, the primary nurse and the hospital
social worker," Loftis added.
Both Beasley and Loftis are well prepared
to conduct this new program. Beasley was
formerly a nursing consultant at Moses
Cone, and she recently earned her master's
degree in health advocacy. Loftis holds a
master's degree in social work.
There will be no charge to the hospital's
patients for this service. The program is currently funded by a grant from the Program
on Access to Health Care.
If you know of a person age 65 or older
who will be coming to Moses Cone Hospital
as a patient and who can benefit from the
Preadmission Discharge Planning Program,
please call 3794167 or 3794027.
John E. Cheney has been appointed Project Manager for Construction at Moses
Cone Hospital, succeeding Walt Adams, who
accepted a new challenge outside North
Carolina in March.
Mr. Cheney brings a great deal of construction management experience to his job, particularly in the area of health care facility
construction. His most recent project was a
five-story, 263,000 square foot hospital expansion in Houma, Louisiana.
Mr. Cheney is a graduate of Ohio University of Athens, Ohio, where he earned a
bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering
and business administration.
Hospital Auxiliary Gives Over
$7,000 In Scholarships
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The ten scholarship recipients met with the Auxiliary Board at a luncheon, held March
25 at Moses Cone Hospital.
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The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
Auxiliary awarded scholarships totalling
$7,250 this past year to seven students at
three local nursing schools and to three students at Moses Cone Hospital's School of
Radiologic Technology. Scholarship recipients are Gail Neese and Amy Pope, School of
Nursing, Guilford Technical Community College; Alicia Scott, School of Nursing, North
Carolina A&T University; Astrid Keizer, Jan
Emery, Sandra Vestal and Linda Fowler,
School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Laura Lawrence, Kim
McDowell and Darlene Strickland, School of
Radiologic Technology, The Moses H. Cone
Memorial Hospital.