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Naylor, PhD,, Dorothy A. Brooten, PhD, Roberta L. Campbell, PhD, Greg Maislin, MS, MA, Kathleen M. McCauley, PhD, and J. Sanford Schwartz, MD. All of the authors have graduate or post graduate degrees in the fields of health or medicine. This therefore makes them all qualified to write on the proposed study, and to carry out the research. They are, therefore, reliable and credible researchers in this field.
The title of the article itself; is appropriate to the title of the article; "Transitional Care of Older Adults Hospitalized with Heart Failure: A Randomized, Controlled Trial." Since the study focuses on the transition of older adults with heart failure, and the title of the article is represented, the title of the article is appropriate to the title of the study.
The abstract discusses how recent research suggests older adults with heart conditions, facing therapeutic regimes, are often stressed out and vulnerable when they are being moved from the hospital back into their homes to recover. The transition is obviously something to fear, since their ability to take care of themselves and follow their regimes, while trusting their own bodies to continue to function, can be an overwhelming feeling. The biggest problem is that quality of care provided in the home, in comparison to in the hospital,...
This quickly creates a feeling of dissatisfaction in the older adult, and if the older adult is feeling stress like this while trying to recover, the recovery process can take much longer. Psychological happiness is considered essential for proper physical recovery in most health care situations.
Introduction
The authors define their problem statement and justification as follows: "Although reports of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) have yielded important information regarding the management of adults hospitalized for heart failure, little is known about the effectiveness of care management strategies for elders experiencing an acute episode of heart failure complicated by multiple other chronic health conditions." The focus of care management, and how the older adults are reacting within it, therefore needs to be analyzed.
Literature Review
The literature review in this article is quite short, but still relevant to the research. This is most likely because only two similar studies have ever been performed. The authors state:
Only two single-site RCTs have tested multidisciplinary, nurse-directed, home-based interventions specifically targeting hospitalized older adults (aged 65)…
References
Naylor, M. Brooten, D, Campbell, R., Maislin, G. McCauley, K.J. Sanford Schwartz (2004). Transitional care of older adults hospitalized with heart failure: A randomized, controlled trial." American Geriatric Society. 52 (5).
Heart Failure Guidelines The 2009 revision of the ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults contains a number of evidence-based updates, revised text, and a new section called "hospitalized patient" (Hunt et al. e395). These revisions are the result of a task force that convened in 2008 and represent new findings published between 2005 and 2008. Four stages along a continuum of heart failure are described, with
Heart failure has been described as a "complex clinical syndrome that results from either structural or functional impairment of ventricular filling or ejection," (Alspach, 2014, p. 1). Because of the multifaceted nature of heart failure, it is important to recognize its various symptoms and dimensions. Heart failure in general presents a major public health concern, with current prevalence at over five million adults in the United States and over 650,000
Heart Failure Literature Critique of Articles concerning Heart Failure The two articles in this literature review are concerned with different aspects of care for patients diagnosed with some stage of heart failure (HF). Heart failure is one of the most prevalent and debilitating diseases worldwide and is the leading cause for hospitalizations for people older than 65 years (Schwarz, Mion, Hudock & Litman, 2007). These two articles look at ways of
M.K., a 45-year-old female who has a history of Type II diabetes mellitus and primary hypertension. In addition to this, M.K. is overweight and persists with a poor diet. The patient has also been smoking for the past 22 years, and has recently been diagnosed with chronic bronchitis. Current symptoms include chronic cough, which tends to be more severe in the mornings and productive with sputum, light-headedness, distended neck
Heart Failure Medication The purpose of the article by Gordin and Fonarow (2016) entitled “New Medications for Heart Failure” is to examine and discuss established guidelines for medical treatment for heart failure. Specifically, the article examines pharmacological interventions for heart failure with regard to ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, aldosterone antagonists and reduced ejection fraction. It looks at recent studies that have allowed new therapeutic methods to be developed using ivabradine and
Heart failure is a serious medical condition that is brought by the failure of the heart to pump sufficient blood throughout the body at the right pressure. Generally, this condition is a progressive and chronic disease in which the heart muscle is incapable to pump adequate blood for all blood and oxygen needs of the body. Since the heart cannot keep up with its workload under this condition, it attempts