Discharge Planning of Older Persons from Hospital: Comparison of Observed Practice to Recommended Best Practice.

ABSTRACT: Older people are particularly vulnerable to hospital re-presentation following discharge. Ideal discharge planning processes facilitate the transition from hospital to home and prevent subsequent re-presentations to hospital. The objective of this study was to examine discharge planning processes in two Australian hospitals, compare them between sites and to best-practice recommendations. An ethnographic observational study of discharge planning processes was conducted at two general medical inpatient wards at a large tertiary hospital and a smaller regional hospital in Brisbane, Australia. Participants were patients and ward staff involved in discharge planning during a hospital admission. A literature review was conducted to elicit best-practice recommendations for discharge planning. Da

SUBMITTER: Gane EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8872455 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature