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uiscnarge planning is a tunction whose name is not well known outside the hospital, but it is as fundamental to health care as nursing assessment. Discharge planning is a crucial process of hospital admission today because insurance regulations allow patients to be hospitalized for only the acute phase of their illness or injury. Government regulations for Medicare and Medicaid and other insurance require patients to recuperate at home or in a nursing home.
With the shorter hospital stays, planning for discharge may begin the day of admission when a social worker visits patients or their families or receives a referrral from the medical staff.
“It is our job to identify the least restrictive environment that will meet patients' needs for recuperation acceptably,” explains Patti Gardner-Jackson, LCSW, director of social work at CMH.
“We have a holistic view of recuperation. We look at what benefits patients physicially, emotionally, and spiritually.
“We assess the patients' support systems and resources and how they would manage at home, and we try to match our patients' needs with appropriate services offered in the geographical area.
“As patient advocates, we must be familiar with local re
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