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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 22 February 2013
Main ID:  ACTRN12606000302550
Date of registration: 14/07/2006
Primary sponsor: Hospital Repatriation General Hospital
Public title: Shifting from home to residential care: understanding the preferences of older people admitted to RGH and their carers.
Scientific title: Shifting from home to residential care: understanding the preferences of older people admitted to the Repatriation General Hospital (RGH) and their carers.
Date of first enrolment: 7/03/2007
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Closed: follow-up complete
URL:  http://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12606000302550.aspx
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Contacts
Name:   Prof. Maria Crotty
Address:  Rehabilitation & Ageing Studies Unit Level 1 C Block, Repatriation General Hospital, 216 Daws Rd, Daw Park SA 5041, Australia
Telephone: +61 8 8275 1103
Email: maria.crotty@flinders.edu.au
Affiliation: 
Name:   Ms Stacey Masters
Address:  Rehabilitation & Ageing Studies Unit, Level 1 C Block, Repatriation General Hospital, 216 Daws Rd, Daw Park SA 5041, Australia
Telephone: +61 8 8275 1103
Email: stacey.masters@flinders.edu.au
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Admitted to RGH; identified as requiring Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) assessment (or reassessment).
Exclusion criteria: Only the carer will be interviewed if the patient has speech, language &/or other communication difficulties or severe cognitive impairment.

Age minimum: 50 Years
Age maximum:
Gender: Both males and females
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Admission to residential aged care
Intervention(s)
This cross-sectional study explores key factors in the decision to move into residential care for patients who have been admitted to hospital from home. The study uses short, semi-structured interviews to examine the issues from the perspective of the patient, primary carer and relevant ward staff. This is an observational rather than an interventional trial. The duration of the study is 6 months.
Primary Outcome(s)
This observational trial addresses 3 key questions: 1) What has changed as a result of the injury or illness that led to your hospitalisation?; 2) who requested the Aged Care Assessment (ACAT) and what decision has been made regarding future accommodation and care needs?; and 3) what were the key factors in the decision to move from hospital to residential aged care?
Secondary Outcome(s)
A secondary outcome is to document patient, carer and social work perceptions of the process of moving from hospital to residential aged care and how the process might be improved.
Secondary ID(s)
RGH Ethics Protocol 35/06
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Repatriation General Hospital
Foundation Daw Park
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Nil
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