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ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2018

User experience and care for older people transitioning from hospital to home: Patients' and carers' perspectives.

Jacqueline Allen, Alison M Hutchinson, Rhonda Brown, Patricia M Livingston

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Article in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 authors.

Jacqueline AllenSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Burwood, Vic., Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3610-1335
Alison M HutchinsonSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Burwood, Vic., Australia.
Rhonda BrownSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Burwood, Vic., Australia.
Patricia M LivingstonFaculty of Health & School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University, Geelong, Burwood, Vic., Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTransitioning from hospital to home is challenging for many older people living with chronic health conditions. Transitional care facilitates safe and timely transfer of patients between levels of care and across care settings and includes communication between practitioners, assessment and planning, preparation, medication reconciliation, follow-up care and self-management education. To date, there is limited understanding of how to actively involve care recipient service users in transitional care.

objectiveThis study was part of a larger research project. The objective of this article was to report the first study phase, in which we aimed to describe user experience pertaining to patients and carers. DESIGN, SETTING AND

participantsThe study design was qualitative descriptive using interviews. Patients (n = 19) and carers (n = 7) participated in semi-structured interviews about their experience of transition from hospital to home in an urban Australian health-care setting. Interview data were analysed using thematic analysis.

findingsAll participants reported that they needed to become independent in transition. Participants perceived a range of social processes supported their independence at home: supportive relationships with carers, caring relationships with health-care practitioners, seeking information, discussing and negotiating the transitional care plan and learning to self-care. DISCUSSION: Findings contribute to our understanding that quality transitional care should focus on patients' need to regain independence. Social processes supporting the capacities of patients and carers should be emphasized in future initiatives.

conclusionFuture transitional care interventions should emphasize strategies to enable negotiation for suitable supports and assist care recipients to overcome barriers identified in this study.

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Social SupportTransitional CareAgedAged, 80 and overCaregiversChronic DiseaseFemaleHealth PersonnelHospitalsHousingHumansIndependent LivingInterviews as TopicMaleMiddle AgedPatient Dischargedischarge planningolder peoplequalitative studytransitional care

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PMCPMC5867324

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