caa a22 4500 475846907 CHVBK 20180406123916.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1016693825758 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1016693825758 Discharge Planning Quality from the Carer Perspective [Elektronische Daten] [Karen Grimmer, John Moss, Tiffany Gill] Discharge planning endeavours to assist the transition of patients from the acute hospital setting into the community. We examined the quality of discharge planning from the perspective of the carer. Spouses were the most common carers for the elderly patients in our study. Many carers were also elderly, with their own health problems. Using a new instrument (entitled PREPARED) (K. Grimmer and J. Moss, Int J Qual Health Care (in press)), carers rated the quality of planning for discharge much lower than did the patient, indicating that their needs were often not met when discharge was being planned. In free text responses, carers expressed their dissatisfaction over communication about how the family would cope once the patient went home. Carers generally had lower summary mental quality of life scores than the Australian norms (as measured by the SF-36 health survey (J. Ware and R. Sherbourne, Med Care 1992; 30: 473-483)), suggesting that the caring role may have impacted upon their emotional wellbeing. The rate of use of community services in the first week post-discharge was low, suggesting that carers and patients carried the majority of the burden immediately after discharge. We suggest that planning for hospital discharge requires more consideration of the carer. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Elderly patient nationallicence Primary carer nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence Quality of planning for discharge nationallicence Grimmer Karen Centre for Allied Health Research, University of South Australia, Australia aut Moss John Department of Public Health, Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia aut Gill Tiffany Centre for Allied Health Research, University of South Australia, Australia aut Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/9(2000-11-01), 1005-1013 0962-9343 9:9<1005 2000 9 11136 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016693825758 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016693825758 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grimmer Karen Centre for Allied Health Research, University of South Australia, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moss John Department of Public Health, Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gill Tiffany Centre for Allied Health Research, University of South Australia, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/9(2000-11-01), 1005-1013 0962-9343 9:9<1005 2000 9 11136 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer