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Abstract:
Perspectives from patients who reside in nursing homes can inform administrators and providers about the patient experience in long-term care. In a study of preferences for care in the nursing home or hospital should an acute change in condition occur, nursing home residents offered spontaneous descriptions of their experiences in the nursing home and during their prior hospital stays. This article offers background information about nursing home reform and standards, and contemporary reports on the patient experience in nursing homes. Methods, results, and discussion of the study findings will inform readers specifically about the analysis of the narrative data as it relates to the patient experience. Positive and negative aspects of nursing home patient experiences are discussed and compared to hospital patient experiences. Both settings were both praised and strongly criticized. Many concerns identified as patients discussed their experiences can be remedied by the owners and administrators of these facilities.
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