Abrahamson K, Bernard B, Magnabosco L, Nazir A, Unroe KT. The experiences of family members in the nursing home to hospital transfer decision.
BMC Geriatr 2016;
16:184. [PMID:
27842502 PMCID:
PMC5109810 DOI:
10.1186/s12877-016-0359-2]
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Abstract
Background
The objective of this study was to better understand the experiences of family members in the nursing home to hospital transfer decision making process.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 family members who had recently been involved in a nursing home to hospital transfer decision.
Results
Family members perceived themselves to play an advocacy role in their resident’s care and interview themes clustered within three over-arching categories: Family perception of the nursing home’s capacity to provide medical care: Resident and family choices; and issues at ‘hand-off’ and the hospital. Multiple sub-themes were also identified.
Conclusions
Findings from this study contribute to knowledge surrounding the nursing home transfer decision by illuminating the experiences of family members in the transfer decision process.
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