The experiences of family members in the nursing home to hospital transfer decision

BMC Geriatrics

Research Article

Lara Magnabosco¹  Arif Nazir¹  Brittany Bernard²  Kathleen T. Unroe³  Kathleen Abrahamson⁴ 

[1] Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA;Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA;Regenstrief Institute, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA;Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA;Regenstrief Institute, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA;Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA;Purdue University School of Nursing, 502 N. University Street, 47907, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA;

关键词: Nursing Home;    Nursing Home Resident;    Advance Directive;    Advance Care Planning;    Surrogate Decision Maker;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12877-016-0359-2

 received in 2015-11-15, accepted in 2016-11-06,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe 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.ResultsFamily 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.ConclusionsFindings from this study contribute to knowledge surrounding the nursing home transfer decision by illuminating the experiences of family members in the transfer decision process.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2016