The acute care experience of older persons with cognitive impairment and their families: A qualitative study.

Background: An increase in older persons with pre-existing cognitive impairment requiring inpatient services for co-occurring acute illness has produced a need for acute care processes to be re-designed. This in particular as this patient group is at risk of receiving insufficient care, resulting in adverse health and functional outcomes as well as family burden. Thus, to improve and sustain quality care over time, there is a need for an in-depth understanding of acute care processes from the perspective of persons with cognitive impairment and their families.

Relocation experiences with unplanned admission to a nursing home: a qualitative study.

Background: In many countries, people over 85 years of age are relocated involuntarily or unplanned to a nursing home. In Switzerland, 43% of elderly over 85 years are admitted to nursing homes after hospital discharge. This percentage is higher than in the USA with 32.