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Nurses often hear clients and their families express a strong desire to "go home" from the hospital or nursing home. The purpose of this article is to explore what they mean when they make this request and how this meaning of home can shape the practice of home and hospice care. To do this, definitions of home and a health-at-home model are described and applied through a case study.
Roush et al. (2000) studied this question.