Kondis C L
Mercy Medical, Daphne, AL.
Health Prog. 1990 Nov;71(9):42-5, 59.
Responding to a mission commitment to serve the elderly, Mercy Medical, Daphne, AL, has developed a multiservice rehabilitation program that includes inpatient and outpatient care, as well as residential and home health services. Mercy Medical staff assume that even elderly patients who have suffered a catastrophic injury or illness can return to mainstream life--if they can participate in an effective medical treatment program. The Mercy Medical philosophy is to encourage patients to take an active role in their treatment programs and to stress from the beginning that patients are expected to recover. The staff also encourages patients to take risks that might speed their recovery, and the staff itself is willing to experiment with more effective ways of increasing patients' functional ability. Like most rehabilitation programs, Mercy Medical uses an interdisciplinary approach, with a physician heading a staff team that includes nurses, social workers, pharmacists, and physical, occupational, and respiratory therapists.
为响应服务老年人的使命承诺，阿拉巴马州达芙妮市的梅西医疗中心制定了一项多服务康复计划，其中包括住院和门诊护理，以及住院和家庭健康服务。梅西医疗中心的工作人员认为，即使是遭受了灾难性损伤或疾病的老年患者，也能够回归主流生活——只要他们能够参与一个有效的治疗计划。梅西医疗中心的理念是鼓励患者在其治疗计划中发挥积极作用，并从一开始就强调患者有望康复。工作人员还鼓励患者承担可能加速康复的风险，并且工作人员自身也愿意尝试更有效的方法来提高患者的功能能力。与大多数康复计划一样，梅西医疗中心采用跨学科方法，由一名医生领导一个工作人员团队，该团队包括护士、社会工作者、药剂师以及物理治疗师、职业治疗师和呼吸治疗师。
