Residents' and Relatives' Experiences of Acute Situations: A Qualitative Study to Inform a Care Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

As new models of care aiming to reduce hospitalizations from nursing homes emerge, their implementers must consider residents' and relatives' needs and experiences with acute changes in the residents' health situations. As part of the larger INTERCARE implementation study, we explored these persons' experiences of acute situations in Swiss nursing homes.

Research design and methods

3 focus groups were conducted with residents and their relatives and analyzed via reflexive thematic analysis.

Results

The first theme, the orchestra plays its standards, describes experiences of structured everyday care in nursing homes, which functions well despite limited professional and competency resources. The second theme, the orchestra reaches its limits,

SUBMITTER: Basinska K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8437505 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature