A scoping review of interventions for older adults transitioning from hospital to home.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Older adults are at high risk for adverse outcomes as they transition from hospital to home. Transitional care interventions primarily focus on care coordination and medication management and may miss key components. The objective of this study is to examine the current scope of hospital-to-home transitional care interventions that impact health-related outcomes and to examine other key components including engagement by older adults and their caregivers.

Design

Scoping review.

Methods

Eligible articles focused on hospital transition to home intervention, measured primary outcomes posthospitalization, used randomized controlled trial designs, and included primarily adults aged 60 years and older. Articles included in this review were reviewed in

SUBMITTER: Liebzeit D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8497409 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature