Improving transitional care communication for older Australians from hospital to home: Co-design of the TRANSITION tool.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to develop and evaluate a communication tool to guide transitional care for older patients. Using experience-based co-design, a communication tool resulted from the triangulation of data collected from three study phases. From 2015 to 2016, semi-structured interviews and co-design focus groups were undertaken with older patients, carers and healthcare practitioners across acute, rehabilitation and community settings. The evaluation phase, conducted in 2017-2018, involved use of the communication tool by healthcare practitioners in a multidisciplinary care team with older patients in acute care and semi-structured interviews with healthcare practitioners about the acceptability and feasibility of the tool. A total of 103 patients, carers and healthcare practitioners took pa

SUBMITTER: Allen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084314 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature