ArticleInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2019
Returning to everyday life after discharge from a short-stay unit at the Emergency Department-a qualitative study of elderly patients' experiences.
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- The Transition of Care Between Emergency Department and Primary Care: An Integrative Systematic Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Frequencies and reasons for unplanned emergency department return visits by older adults: a cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Trial
- Telephone follow-up to reduce unplanned hospital returns for older emergency department patients: A randomized trial.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Trial
- Journeying Home: Elderly Patients' Experiences and Needs During Hospital Discharge- A Meta-Synthesis.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Review
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- Implementing a new patient navigator model of care within the emergency department for older adults in Ontario, Canada.PloS one · 2025Observational
- Depressive symptomatology in Brazil: perspectives of statistical and psychometrics analyses of the PHQ-9 at four time-points (2020-2023) in the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Older adults experience of transition to the community from the emergency department: a qualitative evidence synthesis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Comprehensive analysis of vulnerability status and associated affect factors among prehospital emergency patients: a single-center descriptive cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The quality of geriatric rehabilitation from the patients' perspective: a scoping review.Age and ageing · 2023Article
- The Epidemiology of Pre-Hospital EMS Treatment of Geriatric Patients in the City of Vienna-An Overview.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Patient Involvement in Decisions regarding Emergency Department Discharge: A Multimethod Study.Emergency medicine international · 2023Article
- Emergency Department Communication in Persons Living With Dementia and Care Partners: A Scoping Review.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Article
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- Older patients' perspectives on factors contributing to frequent visits to the emergency department: a qualitative interview study.BMC public health · 2021Article
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- Impact of Compliance with an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program on the Outcomes Among Elderly Patients Undergoing Lumbar Fusion Surgery.Clinical interventions in aging · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionElderly patients often receive care and rehabilitation from different providers across healthcare settings. Collaboration between hospital and primary care providers is therefore essential to ensure that the discharge and transition of rehabilitation is coherent. However, research that focuses on elderly patients' experiences of the discharge, and their everyday lives after, has attracted little attention. PURPOSE: This study explores elderly patients' experiences of being discharged and returning to everyday lives after discharge from a short-stay unit at the Emergency Department.
methodsEleven qualitative interviews with elderly patients were conducted two weeks after their discharge. The transcribed interviews were analysed using systematic text condensation.
resultsThe study identified four themes related to the participants experiences. In the participants perspective it was difficult, due to fatigue and pain, to perform daily activities after discharge. Participants who experienced not being prepared and clarified in relation to their discharge continued to have concerns for the future. They also experienced some challenges related to lack of being involved and lack of receiving the information needed.
conclusionThe findings contribute with impotant knowledge about elderly patients' experiences and concerns which should be taken into consideration in the discharge planning process .
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