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Connect-Home: Transitional Care of Skilled Nursing Facility Patients and their Caregivers.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults that transfer from skilled nursing facilities (SNF) to home have significant risk for poor outcomes. Transitional care of SNF patients (i.e., time-limited services to ensure coordination and continuity of care) is poorly understood.

Objective

To determine the feasibility and relevance of the Connect-Home transitional care intervention, and to compare preparedness for discharge between comparison and intervention dyads.

Design

A non-randomized, historically controlled design-enrolling dyads of SNF patients and their family caregivers.

Setting

Three SNFs in the Southeastern United States.

Participants

Intervention dyads received Connect-Home; comparison dyads received usual discharge planning. Of 173 recruited dyads, 145 transferred to home, and 133 completed surveys within 3 days of discharge.

Intervention

The Connect-Home intervention consisted of tools and training for existing SNF staff to deliver transitional care of patient and caregiver dyads.

Measurements

Feasibility was assessed with a chart review. Relevance was assessed with a survey of staff experiences using the intervention. Preparedness for discharge, the primary outcome, was assessed with Care-Transitions Measure-15 (CTM-15).

Results

The intervention was feasible and relevant to SNF staff (i.e., 96.9% of staff recommended intervention use in the future). Intervention dyads, compared to comparison dyads, were more prepared for discharge (CTM-15 score 74.7 vs 65.3, mean ratio 1.16, 95% CI: 1.08, 1.24).

Conclusion

Connect-Home is a promising transitional care intervention for older patients discharged from SNF care. The next step will be to test the intervention using a cluster randomized trial, with patient outcomes including re-hospitalization.

SUBMITTER: Toles M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5666578 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Connect-Home: Transitional Care of Skilled Nursing Facility Patients and their Caregivers.

Toles Mark M   Colón-Emeric Cathleen C   Naylor Mary D MD   Asafu-Adjei Josephine J   Hanson Laura C LC  

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 20170816 10


<h4>Background</h4>Older adults that transfer from skilled nursing facilities (SNF) to home have significant risk for poor outcomes. Transitional care of SNF patients (i.e., time-limited services to ensure coordination and continuity of care) is poorly understood.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the feasibility and relevance of the Connect-Home transitional care intervention, and to compare preparedness for discharge between comparison and intervention dyads.<h4>Design</h4>A non-randomized, histor  ...[more]

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