'They never talked to me about...': Perspectives on aged care resident transfer to emergency departments

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 95-102

  Arendts, Glenn ^a,b,c   Popescu, Aurora ^b   Howting, Denise ^b   Quine, Susan ^c   Howard, Kirsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Frail elderly; Patient transfer; Qualitative research; Residential facilities

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84930276282     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12125     Document Type: Article

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