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Moving from place to place in the last year of life
— a qualitative study identifying care setting transition issues and solutions in Ontario | | Author(s) | Donna M Wilson, Stephen Birch |
| Journal title | Health and Social Care in the Community, vol 26, no 2, March 2018 |
| Publisher | Wiley, March 2018 |
| Pages | pp 232-239 |
| Source | http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/hsc |
| Keywords | Admission [care homes] ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Coordination ; Terminal care ; Palliative care ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | As death nears, moving from one care setting to another is common. Many concerns exist over these end-of-life (EOL) care setting transitions, including low-quality moves as mistakes and other mishaps can occur. Delayed or denied moves are also problematic, such as a move out of hospital for dying inpatients who want to spend their last hours or days at home. This Canadian study aimed to identify current issues or problems with care setting transitions during the last year of life as well as potential or actual solutions for these problems. A grounded theory analysis approach was used based on interviews with 38 key informants representing a wide range of healthcare providers, healthcare managers, government representatives, lawyers, healthcare recipients and their family or friends across Ontario in 2016. Three interrelated themes were revealed: communication complexities; care planning and coordination gaps; and health system reform needs. Six solutions were highlighted, which were designed to prevent care setting transition issues and to monitor care setting transitions for continued improvements. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180309203 A |
| Classmark | KW:QKH: LHB:QKH: QAJ: LV: LVB: 3DP: 7S |
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