ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2015
The Untold Story of Being Designated an Alternate Level of Care Patient.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Transitional care programs for older adults moving from hospital to home in Canada: A systematic review of text and opinion.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- An Environmental Scan of Alternate Level of Care (ALC) Policies in Ontario, Canada.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2026Article
- Developing a decision support tool to predict delayed discharge from hospitals using machine learning.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Alternate Level of Care Patients in Canada: a Scoping Review.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2024Article
- Health Outcomes of Older Adults after a Hospitalization for a Hip Fracture.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2024Article
- Factors Associated with Alternate Level of Care Status Designation: a Case-Control Study and Model to Optimize Care Trajectories.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2024Article
- Exploring the Ramifications of Delayed Hospital Discharges: Impacts on Patients, Physicians, and Healthcare Systems.Cureus · 2024Review
- Hospital to Home: Supporting the Transition From Hospital to Home for Older Adults.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2022Article
- Healthcare-Associated Adverse Events in Alternate Level of Care Patients Awaiting Long-Term Care in Hospital.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Putting the Patient First: A Scoping Review of Patient Desires in Canada.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2021Article
- Initiatives for improving delayed discharge from a hospital setting: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2021Article
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- Reallocating Cancer Surgery Payments for Alternate Level of Care in Ontario: What Are the Options?Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2020Article
- Risk factors, costs and complications of delayed hospital discharge from internal medicine wards at a Canadian academic medical centre: retrospective cohort study.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Patient and caregiver experience with delayed discharge from a hospital setting: A scoping review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2019Article
- Why some patients who do not need hospitalization cannot leave: A case study of reviews in 6 Canadian hospitals.Healthcare management forum · 2018Article
- "It's a waiting game" a qualitative study of the experience of carers of patients who require an alternate level of care.BMC health services research · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionMuch of the research and policy reports on Alternate Level of Care (ALC) in Canada have focused on the impact ALC has on acute care services. To date, the experiences and opinions of those who must wait in hospital for alternate services have been largely absent from discussions.
methodA qualitative study was conducted with patients and families designated as ALC in one urban and two rural hospitals in Atlantic Canada. Data were analyzed using content analysis.
resultsThree themes emerged from the data: a perception of normalcy, being old but not sick and anticipating relocation to another facility.
conclusionsALC is an important issue for patients and their families. Policy directives aimed at addressing the causes and impacts of ALC, identification and provision of appropriate supportive care in the community and sensitivity to the impact of ALC for individuals designated as ALC are needed.
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