No Place Like Home: Analyzing the Hospital at Home Model
April 28, 2021 There is a movie comedy set in rural Louisiana where a woman goes into the hospital, and her son—wanting to make her as comfortable as possible—fills her oversized suite with the rustic reminders of home, including the family’s live-in mule. Though silly and over the top, the scene does point to the fact that patients have a hankering for home, would rather be at home, and may even have a better shot at defeating disease from home….