1 Quality of Care Transitions: Older Adults’ Experiences in An Integrated Care Trust

Abstract

\n \n \n The transition of care from hospital to home is a high-risk time for older adults. The Partners at Care Transitions (PACT) programme aims to improve safety and quality of care transitions. We aimed to test the feasibility of using the Partners at Care Transitions Measure (PACT-M) to evaluate older adults’ experiences of the transition from hospital to home in an Inner London Integrated Care Trust and to identify factors impacting transition quality.\n \n \n \n The PACT-M, a validated patient-reported questionnaire designed to evaluate care transitions, was administered to patients ≥65\xa0years at 7, 30 and 90\xa0days post-discharge. Likert scores were analysed quantitatively and manual thematic analysis performed on free-text comments.\n \n \n \n 101 participants were recruited. Mean age 77.8\xa0years. 84, 70 and 65 participants completed follow-up at 7, 30 and 90\xa0days, respectively.\n Factors impacting patients’ experience of transition quality are shown in Table 1.\n \n \n \n