Managing Health in the Community Setting - Case Study 1)Case management—development and coordination of care for a selected client and family 2)Care management—coordination of a plan or process to bring health services together as a common whole in a cost-effective way   You are the nurse making a home visit to provide care for an 82-year-old woman who has returned home after abdominal surgery to repair an inguinal hernia

Managing Health in the Community Setting - Case Study

1)Case management—development and coordination of care for a selected client and family

2)Care management—coordination of a plan or process to bring health services together as a common whole in a cost-effective way

You are the nurse making a home visit to provide care for an 82-year-old woman who has returned home after abdominal surgery to repair an inguinal hernia. She is needing dressing changes and IV antibiotic therapy. Upon your arrival, her daughter meets you at the door and requests a private conversation after her mother's care is complete. While your patient is sleeping, her daughter relates her numerous concerns about her mother's safety if she remains living at home alone. She indicates that her mother loses her keys on a weekly basis, forgets to pay her utility bills, and continues to hoard the food her daughter delivers weekly, eating very little.

As the nurse and case manager in the community setting, what are your priorities regarding the case and care management for this patient? How should the daughter's safety concerns be addressed?