Discharge planning begins:
a. on the day the individual is to go home.
b. on the day before the individual is to go home.
c. 2 days before the individual is to go home.
d. on admission or at the preadmission clinic.
d
Ideally, discharge planning should commence at a
preadmission clinic or as soon as the individual is admitted.
The aim is to recognise the potential need for help for the
individual when they leave hospital, such as district nursing,
home help, meals-on-wheels and any aids such as walking
frames.
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