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The Transition from Hospital to Home

Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 1988
With the predominance of the elderly and chronically ill, and shorter lengths of stay, hospitals struggle with facilitating timely discharge while ensuring that the patient and family receive proper ongoing care. Subsequently, facilitating the patient's smooth transition from hospital is of primary importance at the time of discharge.
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Home Food Environment of Older Adults Transitioning From Hospital to Home

Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2011
Only anecdotal information is known about foods available in the home of hospital-discharged older adults. This study describes the home food environment of this population and examines associations between health/nutrition risk factors and ability to shop and prepare meals.
Ucheoma O, Anyanwu, Joseph R, Sharkey, Robert T, Jackson, Nadine R, Sahyoun   +3 more
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Nursing Perception of Patient Transitions From Hospitals to Home With Home Health

Professional Case Management, 2012
The study's purpose was to determine nurses' opinions of sending patients from the hospital to home with home health services.The study occurred in the Charleston, South Carolina, Tricounty area (Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties). Home health agencies and hospitals were invited to participate.The study used a survey design to gather ...
Shannon Bright, Smith, Judith W, Alexander   +1 more
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Managing the Transition from Hospital to Home

Qualitative Health Research, 1992
This study describes the transition from hospital to home from the perspective of the older adults and family members who experience it. Qualitative data were collected in semistructured interviews conducted with a purposive sample of 55 older adult/family member dyads at 2 weeks and 2 months following hospitalization.
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Transitioning Nurses from Hospital to Home

Home Health Care Management & Practice, 1997
This article summarizes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a transition to home care course offered by a hospital-based home health agency. The course serves as an opportunity to foster relationships between hospital and home care staff, allows acute care nurses to explore future career alternatives, and provides the opportunity for the
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A Nurse Transitional Home Visit Following Pediatric Hospitalizations

JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 2016
By incorporating focused feedback from families and other stakeholders a multidisciplinary team redesigned a single nurse home visit to improve transitions to home for pediatric patients following short-stay, acute care hospitalizations. Refinements to the nurse-led transitional home visit included standardization of teaching focused on condition- and ...
Rita, Pickler, Susan, Wade-Murphy, Jennifer, Gold, Heather, Tubbs-Cooley, Christine M, White, Angela, Statile, Cheryl, Hoying, Hadley, Sauers-Ford, Samir S, Shah, Jeffery, Simmons   +9 more
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Transition From Hospital to Home for Parents of Preterm Infants

Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 2012
Research on the phenomenon of transition spans several decades. This article discusses the transition from hospital to home and the challenges parents of preterm infants experience during a neonatal intensive care unit stay and after discharge. The article explores the link between parental problems and rehospitalizations and the need for accurate ...
Marina, Boykova, Carole, Kenner
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The transition of care from hospital to home for patients with hypertension

The Nurse Practitioner, 2017
Approximately 50% to 75% of hospital patients have hypertension. At the time of discharge, patients experience a transition of care as they move from the hospital to home. This article describes the transition of care from the hospital to home for patients with hypertension and discusses practice implications for NPs.
Mary M, Franklin, Mary Anne, McCoy
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Stroke survivors’ experiences transitioning from hospital to home

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2018
Aims and objectivesTo investigate the experiences of ischaemic stroke survivors during the transitional period from the hospital through the first 4 weeks after discharge home.BackgroundIschaemic stroke survivors describe the transition from hospital to home as an important time in their recovery and describe various physical and cognitive concerns ...
Teresa Connolly, Ellen Mahoney
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The Family Perspective on Hospital to Home Transitions: A Qualitative Study

Pediatrics, 2015
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Transitions from the hospital to home can be difficult for patients and families. Family-informed characterization of this vulnerable period may facilitate the identification of interventions to improve transitions home. Our objective was to develop a comprehensive understanding of hospital-
Lauren G, Solan, Andrew F, Beck, Stephanie A, Brunswick, Hadley S, Sauers, Susan, Wade-Murphy, Jeffrey M, Simmons, Samir S, Shah, Susan N, Sherman   +7 more
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