Creating opportunities for patient participation in managing medications across transitions of care through formal and informal modes of communication.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Communicating about medications across transitions of care is important in older patients who frequently move between health care settings. While there is increasing interest in understanding patient communication across transitions of care, little is known about older patients' involvement in formal and informal modes of communication regarding managing medications.

Objective

The aim of this paper was to explore how older patients participated in managing their medications across transitions of care through formal and informal modes of communication.

Methods

The study was conducted across two metropolitan hospitals: an acute hospital and a geriatric rehabilitation hospital in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. A focused ethnographic design was used involvi

SUBMITTER: Ozavci G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9327867 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature