Background: Improving the quality of care for patients who return home after a hospital stay
is an international priority; however, few jurisdictions have engaged broadly with patients …

Background Patients and caregivers often face significant challenges when they are
discharged home from hospital. We sought to understand what influenced patient and …

Background Care transitions have a significant impact on patient health outcomes and care
experience. However, there is limited research on how clients receiving care in the home …

BACKGROUND: Little is known about patient perspectives of the transition from hospital to
home. OBJECTIVE: To develop a richly detailed, patient‐centered view of patient and …

Background The medical home is an organizational approach for improving care, improving
patient experience, and reducing costs. The purpose of this qualitative project was to obtain …

Importance Understanding the patient's perspective of their care transition process from
hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF) to home may highlight gaps in care and inform …

Results: Both home health and hospital nurses reported a need to improve the process of
sending patients from hospital to home with home health services. Implications for Case …

Purpose: The purpose was to describe patients and informal caregivers' perspectives on
how to improve and monitor care during transitions from hospital to home as part of a larger …

Context Hospital-to-home transitions, particularly at the end of life, can be challenging for
patients and their family caregivers. Therefore, there is a need to better understand gaps in …

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 …