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The challenges of improving discharge planning in Sweden and the UK: different but the same
Author(s) -
LUNDH ULLA,
WILLIAMS SION
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1997.tb00340.x
Subject(s) - discharge planning , empowerment , nursing , patient empowerment , acute hospital , medicine , hospital discharge , welfare , acute care , health care , political science , intensive care medicine , law
Summary• Discharge of older people from hospital has been an area of concern for over 20 years. • The present emphasis on rapid throughput of patients in acute care settings is likely to exacerbate existing problems. • Improving current practice will mean addressing a number of complex issues to do with communication between agencies and professions. • Despite different welfare systems, many of the challenges of discharge planning are shared in different countries. • This paper describes attempts to involve patients and carers in discharge planning in Sweden and the UK and identifies a number of areas which require attention if the ideals of patient and carer empowerment are to be achieved.