Being back home after intermediate care: older people’s experiences

Bente Martinsen; Ingegerd Harder; Annelise Norlyk

Being back home after intermediate care: older people’s experiences

Bente Martinsen, Ingegerd Harder, Annelise Norlyk

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Abstract

Older people may face many challenges and experience insecurity after discharge from hospital to home. To bridge the potential gap between general hospital and home, the concept ‘Intermediate Care’ (IC) was developed at the beginning of 2000. IC aims to safeguard older people from being discharged to their home before they have sufficiently recovered, but knowledge within this area is sparse. In particular the experience of older people is yet to be explored. The aim of this study was to explore older people’s experiences of being back home after a stay in an IC unit. Data were drawn from 12 interviews. Transcripts were analysed using a phenomenological approach. The essential meaning of being back home after a stay in an IC unit was characterised by ‘uncertainty’. Four constituents emerged: ‘in a state of shock about coming home’, ‘dependence on informal helpers’, ‘a sense of isolation’, and ‘fear of losing functional ability permanently’.

Key words: intermediate care, older people, discharge, interview, phenomenology

Original language	Danish
Journal	British Journal of Community Nursing
Volume	20
Issue	9
Pages (from-to)	422-428
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1462-4753
Publication status	Published - 2015

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