El Kebir Ghandour, Sara Leblond, Sébastien Binette, Josée Rivard, John Joanisse, Louise Carreau, Laetitia Bert, Véronique Boutier, Jean-Paul Fortin, Jean-Louis Denis, Samir Sinha, Patrick Archambault
BACKGROUND: In 2016, two Canadian hospitals participated in a quality improvement (QI) program, the International Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Collaborative, and sought to adapt and implement a transition coach intervention (TCI). Both hospitals were challenged to provide optimal continuity of care for an increasing number of older adults. The two hospitals received initial funding, coaching, educational materials, and tools to adapt the TCI to their local contexts, but the QI project teams achieved different results...
December 2023: Canadian Geriatrics Journal: CGJ