Pain points along the journey from skilled nursing facility to home: patient and caregiver perspectives

Pain points along the journey from skilled nursing facility to home: patient and caregiver perspectives

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Kothari, Pooja, author
Mallon, Kevin, author
Rogut, Lynn, author
Guzik, Joan, author
Contributor(s):
United Hospital Fund of New York, issuing body.
Publication:
[New York, New York] : United Hospital Fund, October 2021
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Home Nursing
Patient Discharge
Patient Transfer
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Transitional Care
COVID-19
Patient Education as Topic
Surveys and Questionnaires
New York
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Transitions of care are a precarious time for patients and their caregivers, and especially so for frail elders living with chronic diseases and complex medical issues. Care transitions have received increased attention over the past decade; efforts to improve transitions have originated, for the most part, in hospitals and focused on patients being discharged to either a skilled nursing facility (SNF) or home. However, there has been less focus on the needs of patients who are being discharged home following a short-term stay in a SNF. Building on a longstanding commitment to improving care transitions for patients and family caregivers, and an interest in advancing solutions to common and persistent problems, UHF engaged eight SNFs in a two-year learning collaborative, supported by the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. With a market research firm, UHF designed a survey of patients and family caregivers who had recently experienced a discharge to home from the participating SNFs. This report presents the responses and the surveys themselves, evaluating four domains related to the SNF stay: transition planning and patient preparation, patient education about medication, experience after discharge, and response and information about COVID-19.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (34 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918351275406676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918351275406676