Use of the Minnesota Heart Failure Quality of Life Scores and Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale to evaluate knowledge and quality of life indicators for homebound elderly receiving care from Advanced Practice Nurses

There are a growing number of elderly who are homebound and lack basic care. Qui et al., as of 2010, there are currently more than 38.9 million people aged 65 an older in the United States. Up to 3.6 million of these people are considered housebound and in need of home-based care (Qui, 2010). The elderly, especially those who are homebound, lack basic primary care therefore;they frequently rely on the emergency departments (ED) seeking interventions for exacerbation of disease from poor follow-up care. Elderly patients diagnosed with congestive heart failure, who are part of a house call pract... Mehr ...