Emergency provider perspectives on facilitators and barriers to home and community services for older adults with serious life limiting illness: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults account for a large proportion of emergency department visits, but those with serious life-limiting illness may benefit most from referral to home and community services instead of hospitalization. We aim to document emergency provider perspectives on facilitators and barriers to accessing home and community services for older adults with serious life-limiting illness.

Methods

We conducted interviewer-administered semi-structured interviews with emergency providers from health systems across the United States to obtain provider perspectives on facilitators and barriers to accessing home and community services. We completed qualitative thematic analysis using an iterative process to develop themes and subthemes to summarize provider responses.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Hill JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9355176 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature