Which of the following outcomes do day treatment and day hospital programs facilitate?
A) Provision of social services to elderly patients
B) Early discharge from hospitals and nursing homes
C) Transition of the terminally ill to hospice care
D) Access of gerontological nurses to the elderly population
B
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Day treatment and day hospital programs offer social and health services, with a primary focus on the latter. Used as alternatives to hospitalization and nursing home placement, they can facilitate early discharge from these care settings.
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