@article{Gane:9367,
      recid = {9367},
      author = {Gane, Elise M. and Schoeb, Veronika and Cornwell, Petrea  and Ranatunga Cooray, Cassandra and Cowie, Brooke and  Comans, Tracy A.},
      title = {Discharge planning of older persons from hospital :  comparison of observed practice to recommended best  practice},
      journal = {Healthcare},
      address = {2022-02},
      number = {ARTICLE},
      pages = {14 p.},
      abstract = {Older people are particularly vulnerable to hospital  re-presentation following discharge. Ideal discharge  planning processes facilitate the transition from hospital  to home and prevent subsequent re-presentations to  hospital. The objective of this study was to examine  discharge planning processes in two Australian hospitals,  compare them between sites and to best-practice  recommendations. An ethnographic observational study of  discharge planning processes was conducted at two general  medical inpatient wards at a large tertiary hospital and a  smaller regional hospital in Brisbane, Australia.  Participants were patients and ward staff involved in  discharge planning during a hospital admission. A  literature review was conducted to elicit best-practice  recommendations for discharge planning. Data for this study  (duration: 112 h) were collected directly using field notes  by a research assistant embedded in the ward. A directed  qualitative content analysis approach was used for data  analysis. Results were compared to best-practice  recommendations. Findings indicate that both hospitals  implemented various best-practice interventions to enhance  communication, collaboration, coordination and  patient/family engagement for optimal discharge planning.  Strategies used were context specific and effective to  varying degrees. Clear responsibilities and goals within  the multidisciplinary team helped to create cohesive,  well-functioning teams. More work is needed to engage  patients and families in discharge planning, and to  encourage health professionals to consider patients and  family as active team members in the discharge planning  process.},
      url = {http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/9367},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020202},
}