Decisions about transferring nursing home residents to hospital: highlighting the roles of advance care planning and support from local hospital and community health services

Shanley, Chris; Whitmore, Elizabeth; Conforti, David; Masso, Janine; Jayasinghe, Sanjay; Griffiths, Rhonda

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03635.x

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Decisions about transferring nursing home residents to hospital: highlighting the roles of advance care planning and support from local hospital and community health services

Published in Journal of Clinical Nursing • May 4, 2011

Authors:

Chris Shanley

Elizabeth Whitmore

David Conforti

Abstract

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To explore current practice and opportunities to improve practice in decision-making about transfer of nursing home residents to hospital. BACKGROUND: Nursing home staff are often faced with the decision of whether to send a resident to hospital for medical treatment. While many...

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Nursing

Medicine

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