Early re-presentation to hospital after discharge from an acute medical unit: Perspectives of older patients, their family caregivers and health professionals

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 445-455

  Slatyer, Susan ^a,b   Toye, Christine ^a,c   Popescu, Aurora ^d   Young, Jeanne ^a   Matthews, Anne ^b   Hill, Andrew ^b   Williamson, D James ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute medical unit; Discharge planning; Family caregivers; Geriatric nursing, palliative care; Hospital; Older people; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872295612     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12029     Document Type: Article

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