Complex care needs of older people in inpatient long-term care and unplanned acute medical care services.
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Participating residents in long-term inpatient care as well as their doctors and nurses are asked in qualitative interviews about a situation that was experienced as difficult and led to an u
Sponsors
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for residents: Min. of two unplanned acute medical services in the last 4 weeks (e.g. hospital admission or on-call service or outpatient treatment in the emergency room) OR: An unplanned acute medical service in the last 4 weeks (e.g. hospital admission or on-call service or outpatient treatment in the emergency room) and the relevance of the case based on the clinical assessment of the nursing home head nurse. Inclusion criteria for nursing (specialist) person: Has worked continuously in the care facility for at least 2 months. Inclusion criteria for relatives: Primary contact person (named by the resident) Inclusion criteria supervising physician: Involved in the medical care of the participant in the last 2 months Inclusion criteria for other relevant persons: Involved in the care of the participant in the last 2 months (e.g. other health care professionals, pastoral care)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria for residents: Short-term care, Residents who have been living in the home for less than 2 months or who are currently not living in the home, dying within the next 3 months would not come as a surprise, Resident (or legal representative) refuses to question other people involved in (their own) care. Exclusion criteria for nursing (specialist) person: Not regularly involved in the care of the participants.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Unplanned hospitalisation of residents in inpatient longterm care | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Will be defined during the intervention development. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactKatharina Silies
Institut für Sozialmedizin und Epidemiologie, Sektion Forschung und Lehre in der Pflege, Universität zu Lübeck
Outcome results
None listed