John W Glasser, Zhilan Feng, Saad B Omer, Philip J Smith, Lance E Rodewald
The effect of heterogeneity in uptake of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine on the potential for outbreaks of measles: a modelling study
The Lancet. Infectious diseases
synthesise evidence informal carers carers experience support needs facilitators barriers regarding transitional care older adults multimorbidity carers provide crucial support older adults care transitions although health practitioners well positioned support carers system factors including limited healthcare resources compromise quality care transitions scoping review searches undertaken published literature five databases searched including medline cinahl embase psycinfo cochrane library two reviewers independently screened articles identify relevant studies studies retrieved january 2000 july 2022 data extracted tabulated study characteristics support needs facilitators barriers key themes patterns synthesised across studies eighteen studies including n 3174 participants retrieved studies n 13 employed qualitative designs five studies used surveys carers reported need involved coordinated discharge planning advocate involved decisionmaking receive communitybased followup carers described facilitators barriers four themes 1 relationships older adult health practitioners 2 involved coordinated discharge planning 3 communication information strategies 4 communitybased followup synthesis themes across studies resulted identification five areas research carers health literacy communitybased care carers involvement transitional care planning inpatient community health practitioners communication skills culturally diverse carers experiences review highlights importance quality communication relationships carers older adults health practitioners health organisations although information education important need research examine systems support communication carers older adults health practitioners health literacy carers including culturally diverse carers