ArticleGlobal qualitative nursing research
The Experience of Transitional Care for Non-Medically Complex Older Adults and Their Family Caregivers.
Article in Global qualitative nursing research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Early supported discharge for older adults admitted to hospital with medical complaints: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2022Pooled it
- How older people enact care involvement during transition from hospital to home: A systematic review and model.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2019Pooled it
- Family involvement in managing medications of older patients across transitions of care: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2019Pooled it
- The stroke transitional care intervention for older adults with stroke and multimorbidity: a multisite pragmatic randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2023Trial
- Exploring How Gerontological Nursing Telephone Support Can Assist Informal Caregivers of Older Adults at Hospital Discharge-A Qualitative Study.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- How Do Older People Experience Hospital to Home Discharge? An Overview of Qualitative Reviews.International journal of older people nursing · 2026Review
- Social Determinants of Health and Patient Experiences During Transitions From Inpatient Rehabilitation to Home.Journal of patient experience · 2026Article
- Being well? A meta-ethnography of older patients and their relatives' descriptions of suffering and well-being in the transition from hospital to home.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Article
- A qualitative formative evaluation of a patient facing intervention to improve care transitions for older people moving from hospital to home.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
- Improving the safety and experience of transitions from hospital to home: a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial of the 'Your Care Needs You' intervention versus usual care.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
- Admission Decision-Making in Hospital Emergency Departments: The Role of the Accompanying Person.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
- Implementation of the virtual transitional care stroke intervention for older adults with stroke and multimorbidity: A qualitative descriptive study.Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidityArticle
- Feasibility and preliminary effects of an integrated hospital-to-home transitional care intervention for older adults with stroke and multimorbidity: A study protocol.Journal of comorbidityArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Transitional care research has mainly focused on the experiences of older adults with complex medical conditions. To date, few publications examine the experience of transitional care for non-medically complex older adults. In this article, we draw on and thematically analyze interview and audio-diary data collected at three hospitals in Eastern England, and we explore the experience of transitional care of 18 older adults and family caregivers. Participants reported mixed experiences when describing their care transitions, which indicated variations in care quality. To achieve independence and overcome the difficulties with care transitions, participants used a range of interrogative techniques, such as questioning and information seeking. We contend that the existing transitional care interventions are inappropriate to address the care needs of non-medically complex older adults and family caregivers. Implications for frontline health care staff and health services researchers are discussed.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.