Aging Clinical Trial
Official title:
Connect-Home: Testing the Efficacy of Transitional Care of Patients and Caregivers During Transitions From Skilled Nursing Facilities to Home
This study will test whether transitional care targeting care needs of seriously ill, skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients and their caregivers will help to improve SNF patient outcomes (preparedness for discharge, quality of life, function and acute care use) and caregiver outcomes (preparedness for the caregiving role. caregiver burden and caregiver distress).
Prior research has not established an evidence-based model of transitional care for seriously ill SNF patients (and their caregivers) who transfer from SNF to home-based care. Connect-Home, the intervention to be tested in this study, will use existing nursing home staff and community-based nurses to deliver transitional care in SNFs and the patient's home. The feasibility, acceptability, and estimated efficacy of Connect-Home was demonstrated in a pilot test of pre-discharge elements of Connect-Home (N=133 patients and their caregivers). Compared to controls, intervention participants were significantly more prepared for discharge (higher scores on Care Transitions Measure-15) and they more frequently received individualized plans for continuing care at home. Virtually all SNF staff participants (97%) recommended the intervention for future use, demonstrating its acceptability. The objective of this study is to test the efficacy of Connect-Home for seriously ill patients discharged to home and their caregivers. In this trial, intervention participants will receive the Connect-Home intervention; the intervention has two steps. While the patient is in the SNF, nurses, social workers and rehabilitation therapists will create an individualized Transition Plan of Care and prepare the patient and caregiver to manage the patient's serious illness at home. Within 24 hours of the time that the SNF patient discharges to home, a Connect-Home Activation Nurse (Activation RN) will visit the patient at home; the Activation RN will help the patient and family caregiver implement the written Transition Plan of Care. The Connect-Home intervention will focus on six key care needs: (1) home safety and level of assistance; (2) advance care planning; (3) symptom management; (4) medication reconciliation; (5) function and activity; and (6) coordination of follow-up medical care. In this trial, the control participants will receive usual discharge planning in the SNF only. Usual discharge planning for SNF patients includes assignment to an interdisciplinary team that develops discharge instructions for the patient to follow at home with oversight by a physician. Usual care does not include a structured home visit after the patient discharges to home. Patient and caregiver outcomes will assessed in 7, 30, and 60 days after the patient discharged from the SNF to home. Outcomes assessors will be blinded to study group. ;
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