"Around the clock": Exploring health care professionals' experience of discharge of older people during out of hours from the emergency department: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Older adults constitute a considerable number of attendances at emergency departments (EDs). Whilst many require hospital admission, a greater focus now is on admission avoidance with older adults being subsequently discharged from EDs. Little is known, however, about the experiences out of hours (OOH) when specialist older person support services are unavailable. To explore senior health care professionals' experiences of discharging older people during out of hours from EDs. A qualitative study involving individual semi-structured interviews was used to explore the experiences of healthcare professionals. Fourteen participants in total responded from a wide geographical spread. Data analysis was undertaken using Braun and Clarke's (2022) six-step framework for Thematic Analysis. One over

SUBMITTER: Dunnion M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12373235 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature