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Article: Transitioning From Hospital to Palliative Care at Home: Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Continuity of Care
Title | Transitioning From Hospital to Palliative Care at Home: Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Continuity of Care |
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Authors | |
Keywords | care Continuity home hospital palliative transition |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Citation | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2021, v. 62, n. 2, p. 233-241 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Context: Continuity of care is important at improving the patient experience and reducing unnecessary hospitalizations when transitioning across care settings, especially at the end of life. Objective: To explore patient and caregiver understanding and valuation of “continuity of care” while transitioning from an in-hospital to a home-based palliative care team. Methods: Longitudinal qualitative design using semistructured interviews conducted with patients and their caregivers before and after transitioning from hospital to palliative care at home. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis within a postpositivist framework. Thirty-nine participants (18 patients, seven caregivers, and seven patient-caregiver dyads) were recruited from two acute care hospitals, wherein they received care from an inpatient palliative care consultation team and transitioned to home-based palliative care. Results: Patients had a mean age of 68 years, 60% were female and 60% had a diagnosis of cancer. Caregivers had a mean age of 62 years and 50% were female. Participants perceived continuity of care to occur in three ways, depending on which stage they were at in their hospital-to-home transition. In hospital, continuity of care was experienced, as consistency of information exchanged between providers. During the transition from hospital to home, continuity of care was experienced as consistency of treatments. When receiving home-based palliative care, continuity of care was experienced as having consistent providers. Conclusion: Patients' and their caregivers’ valuation of continuity of care was dependent on their stage of the hospital-to-home transition. Optimizing continuity of care requires an integrated network of providers with reliable information transfer and communication. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/346985 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.186 |
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dc.contributor.author | Morey, Trevor | - |
dc.contributor.author | Scott, Mary | - |
dc.contributor.author | Saunders, Stephanie | - |
dc.contributor.author | Varenbut, Jaymie | - |
dc.contributor.author | Howard, Michelle | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tanuseputro, Peter | - |
dc.contributor.author | Webber, Colleen | - |
dc.contributor.author | Killackey, Tieghan | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wentlandt, Kirsten | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zimmermann, Camilla | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bernstein, Mark | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ernecoff, Natalie | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hsu, Amy | - |
dc.contributor.author | Isenberg, Sarina | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-17T04:14:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-09-17T04:14:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2021, v. 62, n. 2, p. 233-241 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0885-3924 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/346985 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Context: Continuity of care is important at improving the patient experience and reducing unnecessary hospitalizations when transitioning across care settings, especially at the end of life. Objective: To explore patient and caregiver understanding and valuation of “continuity of care” while transitioning from an in-hospital to a home-based palliative care team. Methods: Longitudinal qualitative design using semistructured interviews conducted with patients and their caregivers before and after transitioning from hospital to palliative care at home. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis within a postpositivist framework. Thirty-nine participants (18 patients, seven caregivers, and seven patient-caregiver dyads) were recruited from two acute care hospitals, wherein they received care from an inpatient palliative care consultation team and transitioned to home-based palliative care. Results: Patients had a mean age of 68 years, 60% were female and 60% had a diagnosis of cancer. Caregivers had a mean age of 62 years and 50% were female. Participants perceived continuity of care to occur in three ways, depending on which stage they were at in their hospital-to-home transition. In hospital, continuity of care was experienced, as consistency of information exchanged between providers. During the transition from hospital to home, continuity of care was experienced as consistency of treatments. When receiving home-based palliative care, continuity of care was experienced as having consistent providers. Conclusion: Patients' and their caregivers’ valuation of continuity of care was dependent on their stage of the hospital-to-home transition. Optimizing continuity of care requires an integrated network of providers with reliable information transfer and communication. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Pain and Symptom Management | - |
dc.subject | care | - |
dc.subject | Continuity | - |
dc.subject | home | - |
dc.subject | hospital | - |
dc.subject | palliative | - |
dc.subject | transition | - |
dc.title | Transitioning From Hospital to Palliative Care at Home: Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Continuity of Care | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.12.019 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 33385479 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85100292543 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 62 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 233 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 241 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1873-6513 | - |