Background Transitioning from hospital to home is challenging for many older people living
with chronic health conditions. Transitional care facilitates safe and timely transfer of patients …

Aim To develop, refine and put forward a programme theory that describes configurations
between context, hidden mechanisms and outcomes of nursing discharge teaching. Design …

Background: Medication literacy encompasses the cognitive and social skills necessary for
individuals to obtain, comprehend, communicate, calculate, and process medication-related …

Objectives To establish the prevalence and course of geriatric syndromes from hospital
admission up to 3 months postdischarge and to determine the probability to retain geriatric …

Background A fragmented health care system leads to an increased demand for continuity of
care across health care levels. Research indicates age-related differences during care …

Care transitions involve coordination of patient care across multiple care settings. Many
problems occur during care transitions resulting in negative patient outcomes and …

Background Adults aged 65 and older have surgery more often than younger people and
often live with frailty. The postoperative transition in care from hospital to home after surgey …

Results: Most students reported that they strongly or somewhat agreed that the experience
improved their clinical thinking skills (67%; n= 55), improved awareness of the patient voice …

Aims and objectives To explore adult general surgical patients' perceptions of, and
satisfaction with, discharge education provided by healthcare providers. Background …

Background Health care metrics, such as readmission rates, are being scrutinized to
improve quality and decrease cost of care. The purpose of this study was to determine the …