None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Decisions about admission to residential care are being made in the acute hospital and at a time of crisis due to a sudden deterioration in the older person’s ability to self-care and/or the informal care support system becoming overwhelmed. Decisions involving the transition from home to nursing home or hostel accommodation are complex due to the involvement of the patient, their next of kin or family and medical and allied health professionals. There are many factors that contribute to the decision to move and the importance of these factors may differ for each person. This study seeks to explore the issues and tensions around movement into residential care and identify the key factors in the decision, from the perspective of older people admitted to the RGH and their carers. This will be achieved through short, semi-structured interviews with patients, carers and ward staff.
Interventions
This cross-sectional study explores key factors in the decision to move into residential care for patients who have been admitted to hospital from home. The study uses short, semi-structured interviews to examine the issues from the perspective of the patient, primary carer and relevant ward staff. This is an observational rather than an interventional trial. The duration of the study is 6 months.
Sponsors
Repatriation General Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Admitted to RGH; identified as requiring Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) assessment (or reassessment).
Exclusion criteria
Only the carer will be interviewed if the patient has speech, language &/or other communication difficulties or severe cognitive impairment.
Outcome results
None listed