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Inpatient transfer to a care home for end-of-life care: What are the views and experiences of patients and their relatives? A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the UK literature.
- Source :
- Palliative Medicine; Feb2017, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p102-108, 7p, 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background: Transfers from hospital or 'hospice palliative care units' to care homes for end-of-life care are an increasingly common part of clinical practice but are a source of anxiety and distress for patients, relatives and healthcare professionals. Aim: To understand the experiences of patients discharged to care homes for end-of-life care. Design: Systematic review and narrative synthesis of the UK literature concerning inpatient transfer from a hospital or hospice palliative care unit to a care home for end-of-life care. Results: The published literature is very limited: only three papers and one conference abstract were identified, all of low quality using Gough's weight of evidence assessment. No papers examined transfer from hospital: all were of transfers from hospices and were retrospective case note reviews. Many patients were reported to have been negative or ambivalent about moving and experienced feelings of anxiety or abandonment when transferred. Relatives were often either vehemently opposed or ambivalent. Although some came to accept transfer, others reported the transfer to have seriously affected their loved one's quality of life and that the process of finding a care home had been traumatic. No studies investigated patients' views prospectively, the views of staff or the processes of decision-making. Conclusion: The UK literature is very limited, despite such transfers being an increasingly common part of clinical practice and a source of concern to patients, relatives and staff alike. Further research is urgently needed in this area, especially studies of patients themselves, in order to understand their experiences and views. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANXIETY diagnosis
PATIENT satisfaction
CINAHL database
DATABASES
EXPERIENCE
HOSPICE care
HOSPITAL admission & discharge
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
MEDICAL care
MEDICAL needs assessment
MEDICAL personnel
MEDLINE
META-analysis
NURSING care facilities
PATIENTS
PROFESSIONAL associations
RESEARCH funding
TERMINALLY ill
DATA analysis
EXTENDED families
LITERATURE reviews
NARRATIVES
DISCHARGE planning
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02692163
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Palliative Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120960644
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216316648068