Interventions to Improve the Transition From Home to a Nursing Home: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The transition from home to a nursing home is a stressful event for both older persons and informal caregivers. Currently, this transition process is often fragmented, which can create a vicious cycle of health care-related events. Knowledge of existing care interventions can prevent or break this cycle. This project aims to summarize existing interventions for improving transitional care, identifying their effectiveness and key components.

Research design and methods

A scoping review was performed within the European TRANS-SENIOR consortium. The databases PubMed, EMBASE (Excerpta Medica Database), PsycINFO, Medline, and CINAHL (Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) were searched. Studies were included if they described interventi

SUBMITTER: Groenvynck L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9372886 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature