The authors encourage case managers who have HIV / AIDS patients to make an active effort to move beyond the patient as a number in their load, and understand that these individuals are often so disenfranchised that they so need a medical advocate. In most cases, by the time the case manager becomes involved, the individuals are either so traumatized or so ill that they are most certainly not able to advocate for themselves.

Clinical Pathways and Other Structural Methods Used By Case Managers -- Roberts, R., et.al. (2007). "A Service Model of Short-Term Case Management for Elderly People at Risk of Hospital Admission." Australian Health Review. 31 (2): 173+.

One of the larger and increasing costs to case management services is in the gerontological population. This group has more frequent, albeit shorter, hospitalizations. Sometimes, because of the number of admissions, certain aspects of professional case management theory fall by...
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