The Next Step in Care project, created by the United Hospital Fund, provides information to help family caregivers and health care professionals work togther to make the shift from one patient care setting or level of care to another as smooth and effective as possible.
Caregiver guides, arranged by topic below, may be downloaded as free pdfs; they are available in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Russian.
The First Step in Care: Becoming a Family Caregiver
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
HIPAA: Questions and Answers for Family Caregivers
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Doctor Visits
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Your Family Member's Personal Health Record
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Medication Management
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Medication Management Form
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Emergency Room (ER) Visits
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Urgent Care Centers
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Caregiving
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Advance Directives
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Hospice and Palliative Care
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Care Coordination
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Hospital Admission: How to Plan and What to Expect During the Stay
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
What Is a Hospitalist?
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Surgery for Older Adults
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Leaving the Hospital and Going Where?
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Hospital-to-Home Discharge Guide
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Going Home: What You Need to Know
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Care Coordination
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Getting a Post-Discharge Appointment in 7 Days
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Home Care: A Family Caregiver's Guide
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
New York State's CARE Act
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Short-Term Rehab Services in an Inpatient Setting
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
When Short-Term Rehab Turns into a Long-Term Stay
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Home Care: A Family Caregiver's Guide
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Working with Home Health Aides
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
A Family Caregiver's Planner for Care at Home
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
When Home Care Ends
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Care Coordination
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Durable Medical Equipment (DME)
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
A Family Caregiver's Guide to Electronic Organizers, Monitors, Sensors, and Apps
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
HIPAA - Provider's Guide
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Identifying the Family Caregiver: A Guide for Health Care Providers
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Assessing Family Caregivers’ Needs - Provider's Guide
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Medication Management - Provider's Guide
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Reducing the Stress of Hospitalization for Patients with Dementia and Their Family Caregivers: A Provider's Guide
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Hospital Discharge Planning - First Steps with Family Caregivers
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Referring Patients and Family Caregivers to Community-Based Services
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
A Professional Care Coordinator's Guide to Partnering with Family Caregivers
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Project RED Tool 7: Understanding and Enhancing the Role of Family Caregivers in the Re-Engineered Discharge
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Implementing New York State's CARE Act: A Toolkit for Hospital Staff
English | Spanish | Chinese | Russian
Guía para Todos los Cuidadores Familiares (Guides for All Caregivers)
El primer paso en el cuidado de la salud: cómo convertirse en cuidador familiar (The First Step in Care: Becoming a Family Caregiver)
HIPAA: preguntas y respuestas para cuidadores familiares (HIPAA: Questions and Answers for Family Caregivers)
Visitas al médico (Doctor Visits)
Registro personal de salud de su familiar (Your Family Member's Personal Health Record)
Guía del cuidador familiar para el control de la medicación (Medication Management: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
Formulario para el control de la medicación (Medication Management Form)
Visitas a la Sala de emergencias: guía para el cuidador familiar (ER Guide)
Guía para el acompañante familiar en las Unidades de Urgencias (Urgent Care Centers)
Una guía para el cuidado de personas LGBT (LGBT Caregiving)
Guía para cuidadores familiares sobre voluntades anticipadas (Advance Directives: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
Guía para cuidadores de familiares sobre el cuidado de pacientes en etapa terminal y el cuidado paliativo (Family Caregiver’s Guide to Hospice and Palliative Care)
Coordinación de Cuidados: Guía para el Cuidador Familiar (A Family Caregiver’s Guide to Care Coordination)
Estancia en el Hospital y Opciones de Planificación del Alta (Hospital Stay and Discharge Planning Options)
Ingreso al Hospital: Cómo Planearlo y Qué Esperar de la Estadía (Hospital Admission: How to Plan and What to Expect During the Stay)
La Ley CARE del estado de Nueva York: Una Guía para Pacientes y Cuidadores (New York State's CARE Act)
¿Qué es un hospitalista? (What Is A Hospitalist?)
Guía del cuidador familiar para la cirugía programada de los adultos mayores (A Family Caregiver’s Guide to Surgery for Older Adults)
¿Qué necesito como cuidador familiar? (What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?)
Para los acompañantes familiares: ¿A dónde ir tras abandonar el hospital? (For Family Caregivers: Leaving the Hospital and Going Where?)
Guía para el alta del hospital al hogar (Hospital-to-Home Discharge Guide)
Regreso al hogar: lo que usted necesita saber (Going Home: What You Need to Know)
Cómo obtener una cita posterior al alta hospitalaria en 7 días (Getting a Post-Discharge Appointment in 7 Days)
Cuidado de la salud en el hogar: Guía para el cuidador familiar (Home Care: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
Planificación para servicios de rehabilitación de pacientes internados (Planning for Inpatient Rehab Services)
Rehabilitación (Rehabilitation)
Planificación para servicios de rehabilitación de pacientes internados (Planning for Inpatient Rehab Services)
Cuando las rehabilitaciones se transforman estadías largas (When Short-Term Rehab Turns into a Long-Term Stay)
¿Qué necesito como cuidador familiar? (What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?)
Cuidado Domiciliario (Home Care)
Cuidado de la salud en el hogar: Guía para el cuidador familiar (Home Care: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
El trabajo con asistentes para el cuidado de la salud en el hogar (Working with Home Health Aides)
Cuidado en casa: guía para el cuidador familiar (A Family Caregiver’s Planner for Care at Home)
Cuando finaliza el cuidado domiciliario: guía para el cuidador familiar (When Home Care Ends: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
¿Qué necesito como cuidador familiar? (What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?)
照護者指南 (Guides for All Caregivers)
照護的第一步:成為家庭照護者 (The First Step in Care: Becoming a Family Caregiver)
HIPAA:家庭照護者的常見問答 (HIPAA: Questions and Answers for Family Caregivers)
醫生訪視 (Doctor Visits)
您家人的個人健康資料 (Your Family Member's Personal Health Record)
藥物管理:家庭照護者指南 (Medication Management: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
藥物管理表 (Medication Management Form)
急診 (ER):家庭照護者指南 (ER Guide)
給家庭照護者的 急症醫療中心指南 (Urgent Care Centers)
同志照護指南 (LGBT Caregiving)
預立醫療指示: 家庭照護者指南 (Advance Directives: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
家庭照護者的安寧與緩解養護指南 (Family Caregiver’s Guide to Hospice and Palliative Care)
住院和出院規劃選擇方案 (Hospital Stay and Discharge Planning Options)
住院:如何為住院做好規劃和心理準備 (Hospital Admission: How to Plan and What to Expect During the Stay)
紐約州《CARE法案》:病人 與照護者指南 (New York State's CARE Act)
何謂駐診醫生? (What Is A Hospitalist?)
家庭照護者的護理協調指南 (A Family Caregiver’s Guide to Care Coordination)
對老年人進行計劃手術的家庭照護者指南 (A Family Caregiver’s Guide to Surgery for Older Adults)
身為一名家庭照護者,我需要具備哪些條件? (What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?)
針對家庭照護者:出院后去哪裡? (For Family Caregivers: Leaving the Hospital and Going Where?)
住院到回家出院指南 (Hospital-to-Home Discharge Guide)
回家:您需要知道的事項 (Going Home: What You Need to Know)
安排 7天內的一次 出院後 約見 (Getting a Post-Discharge Appointment in 7 Days)
家庭護理: 家庭 照護者指南 (Home Care: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
聘請家庭健康助理 (Working with Home Health Aides)
復原 (Rehabilitation)
準備住院復健 (Planning for Inpatient Rehab Services)
從短期復健轉為長期住院 (When Short-Term Rehab Turns into a Long-Term Stay)
身為一名家庭照護者,我需要具備哪些條件? (What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?)
家庭護理 (Home Care)
家庭護理: 家庭 照護者指南 (Home Care: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
聘請家庭健康助理 (Working with Home Health Aides)
家庭照護者的居家照護計畫表 (A Family Caregiver’s Planner for Care at Home)
當居家照護結束時:家庭照護者指南 (When Home Care Ends: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
身為一名家庭照護者,我需要具備哪些條件? (What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?)
Руководства для всех лиц, ответственных за медицинский уход (Guides for All Caregivers)
Первый шаг: вы становитесь лицом, ответственным за медицинский уход (The First Step in Care: Becoming a Family Caregiver)
HIPAA: Вопросы и ответы для лиц, ответственных за медицинский уход (HIPAA: Questions and Answers for Family Caregivers)
Посещения врача (Doctor Visits)
Медицинская карта вашего родственника (Your Family Member's Personal Health Record)
Организация приема лекарств: Справочник ответственного за медицинский уход (Medication Management: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
Памятка по приему лекарств (Medication Management Form)
В отделении скорой помощи (ER): Справочник для лиц, ответственных ха медицинский уход (ER Guide)
Что должны знать лица, ответственные за медицинский уход, о центрах срочной медицинской помощи (Urgent Care Centers)
Справочник для лиц, ответственных за медицинский уход ЛГБТ (LGBT Caregiving)
Cпециальные указания: Справочник ответственного за медицинский уход (Advance Directives: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
Семейный справочник по хосписному уходу и паллиативному лечению (Family Caregiver’s Guide to Hospice and Palliative Care)
рдготовка пребывания в больнице и выписки: выбор вариантов (Hospital Stay and Discharge Planning Options)
Госпитализация: Как к этому подготовиться и чего ожидать во время пребывания в больнице (Hospital Admission: How to Plan and What to Expect During the Stay)
Закон о медицинском уходе CARE Act: руководство для пациентов и лиц, ответственных за медицинский уход (New York State's CARE Act)
Кто такой госпиталист? (What Is A Hospitalist?)
Руководство для осуществляющих уход членов семьи по запланированному оперативному вмешательству у пожилых людей (A Family Caregiver’s Guide to Surgery for Older Adults)
Для лиц, ответственных за медицинский уход в семье: куда направляться после выписки из госпиталя? (For Family Caregivers: Leaving the Hospital and Going Where?)
Справочник по выписке из больницы домой (Hospital-to-Home Discharge Guide)
Выписка: Что Вам нужно знать (Going Home: What You Need to Know)
Как записаться на прием к врачу в течение 7 дней после выписки (Getting a Post-Discharge Appointment in 7 Days)
Уход на дому: Руководство ответственного за медицинский уход (Home Care: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
Работа с домашними сиделками (Working with Home Health Aides)
Что нужно мне как ответственному за медицинский уход? (What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?)
Реабилитация (Rehabilitation)
Подготовка к стационарной реабилитации (Planning for Inpatient Rehab Services)
Когда кратковременная реабилитация переходит в долгосрочное пребывание (When Short-Term Rehab Turns into a Long-Term Stay)
Что нужно мне как ответственному за медицинский уход? (What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?)
Уход на дому (Home Care)
Уход на дому: Руководство ответственного за медицинский уход (Home Care: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
Работа с домашними сиделками (Working with Home Health Aides)
Организатор информации для лица, ответственного за медицинский уход (A Family Caregiver’s Planner for Care at Home)
Когда уход на дому прекращается: Справочник ответственного за медицинский уход (When Home Care Ends: A Family Caregiver’s Guide)
Что нужно мне как ответственному за медицинский уход? (What Do I Need as a Family Caregiver?)