Care For the Whole Person, For Those Who Need it Most

Guided Care® is a proven solution to the growing challenge of caring for older adults with chronic conditions and complex health needs. The Guided Care nurse partners with physicians and others in a primary care practice to provide coordinated, patient-centered, cost-effective care to patients with multiple chronic conditions. The nurse conducts in-home assessments, facilitates care planning, promotes patient self-management, monitors conditions, coordinates the efforts of all care professionals, smoothes transitions between sites of care, educates and supports family caregivers, and facilitates access to community resources.

Developed by the Roger C. Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Guided Care has been tested in numerous clinical trials and studies. Guided Care has been shown to improve both the quality of patient care and physicians' satisfaction with care. Study results also show a reduction in the use of expensive services, especially in integrated care delivery systems. Guided Care has also received six national awards from leading healthcare organizations.

Organizations must obtain a license from Johns Hopkins University to use the Guided Care model and the Guided Care service mark in materials to sell services, to enhance web presence, and for similar purposes.

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