Strategies to Improve Emergency Transitions From Long-Term Care Facilities: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Older adults residing in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) often experience substandard transitions to emergency departments (EDs) through rationed and delayed ED care. We aimed to identify research describing interventions to improve transitions from RACFs to EDs.

Research design and methods

In our scoping review, we included English language articles that (a) examined an intervention to improve transitions from RACF to EDs; and (b) focused on older adults (≥65 years). We employed content analysis. Dy et al.'s Care Transitions Framework was used to assess the contextualization of interventions and measurement of implementation success.

Results

Interventions in 28 studies included geriatric assessment or outreach services (n = 7), stan

SUBMITTER: Tate K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11184529 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature