‘Home, Instead of Nursing Home’—Improving the Quality of Care for Older People Receiving Short-Term Care: Development of a Person-Centred, Resource-Oriented Programme

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

International Journal of Older People Nursing Pub Date : 2025-03-08 DOI:10.1111/opn.70020

Rouven Brenner, Myrta Kohler, Shauna L. Rohner, Heidrun Gattinger

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Abstract

Introduction

Worldwide, healthcare systems continue to evolve approaches to acute care delivery for older people. The Swiss healthcare system, for example, utilises Diagnosis-Related Groups (Swiss DRG) to structure hospital stays. This system creates opportunities to enhance post-acute care services that support functional recovery and independence. The ‘Home, Instead of Nursing Home’ project collaboratively developed an integrated programme that combines staff education with structured care delivery processes to enhance person-centred, rehabilitative care for older people in acute transitional care, emphasising autonomy and quality of life.

Methods

The development process consisted of four steps: inter-professional workshops with healthcare professionals, interviews with residents of nursing homes providing acute transitional care and their relatives, data synthesis and programme development. Participants (N = 38) were individuals from three nursing homes, including healthcare professionals, residents and relatives. We conducted a thematic analysis to identify essential workshop and interview themes.

Results

The analysis identified four main themes: promoting a person-centred, resource-oriented culture; implementing person-centred, resource-oriented care; fostering movement competence and developing a champion role. The derived programme for person-centred and resource-oriented care (PCC&ROC) consists of four pillars: PCC&ROC care culture, PCC&ROC care planning, movement promotion and coaching and consulting. We adapted the programme to the individual circumstances of the three nursing homes.

Conclusion

The programme integrates international best practices with a salutogenic perspective and the inclusion of residents and their relatives. It addresses the critical need for person-centred and resource-oriented care in the context of nursing home short-term care for older individuals, promoting autonomy and improving their quality of life. This research emphasises the importance of involving relevant stakeholders in evidence-based programme development to develop a programme tailored to the needs and challenges of the intended population.

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International Journal of Older People Nursing Nursing-Gerontology

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期刊介绍： International Journal of Older People Nursing welcomes scholarly papers on all aspects of older people nursing including research, practice, education, management, and policy. We publish manuscripts that further scholarly inquiry and improve practice through innovation and creativity in all aspects of gerontological nursing. We encourage submission of integrative and systematic reviews; original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; secondary analyses of existing data; historical works; theoretical and conceptual analyses; evidence based practice projects and other practice improvement reports; and policy analyses. All submissions must reflect consideration of IJOPN''s international readership and include explicit perspective on gerontological nursing. We particularly welcome submissions from regions of the world underrepresented in the gerontological nursing literature and from settings and situations not typically addressed in that literature. Editorial perspectives are published in each issue. Editorial perspectives are submitted by invitation only.