Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators to implementing a warning signs intervention for older rural-dwelling medical patients at risk for hospital readmission
Improving healthcare providers’ ability to prepare older patients in rural communities to recognize and respond to the signs of worsening health conditions at home after hospital discharge
Many people in rural towns live far from medical services. So, before they leave the hospital, they need to know the signs of worsening health to watch out for.
Publications associated with this study:
BMJ Open
Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators to implementing a warning signs intervention for older rural-dwelling medical patients at risk for hospital readmission
Non-pharmacological delirium detection and management interventions for informal caregivers of older people at home: a scoping review protocol.
Phase I of an early rehabilitation intervention for older adults with complex chronic diseases
Perceived acceptability and preferences for low-intensity early activity interventions of older hospitalized medical patients exposed to bed rest: A cross sectional study. BMC Geriatrics, 18, Article 53.