A case involving a diabetic nursing home patient in Douglas County who wished to return to her community will be examined during Monday’s Schwartz Center Rounds.
Opinions varied and tension was high among the team managing the woman’s care as to whether she should be able to leave the nursing home and what kind of care should be provided should she leave.
A panel including members of the care team will discuss the scenario on Monday when the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine’s Geriatrics and Gerontology Section presents “Is She Good to Go? An Interdisciplinary Challenge in Returning a Nursing Home Resident to the Community,” at 11:45 a.m. in the Eppley Research Institute, Room 2009.
“The case presents several intriguing dynamics and allows us to see how a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals resolves disputes over care,” said Bill Lyons, M.D., assistant professor in the geriatric section.
Lunch will be provided for the first 100 attendees.
The Schwartz Center Rounds — which are held at 125 sites in 26 states — are part of a national initiative originating from the Schwartz Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. The center was named for Kenneth Schwartz, who died of lung cancer in 1995.
The Schwartz Center Rounds are aimed at strengthening the patient-caregiver relationship by providing a safe inter-professional forum where caregivers — doctors, nurses, technicians, therapists, clergy and other allied health professionals — discuss emotional and social issues that arise in caring for patients.