[Patient-oriented discharge summary : a tool for patients to prepare their hospital discharge]

More than providing information, teaching older patients during hospitalization is essential to ensure that they acquire the necessary knowledge and maintain the skills to self-manage their health. But did you know that more than half of patients forget the information discussed with professionals after hospital discharge ? Preparing hospital discharge is a difficult time to provide teaching: older patients are often overwhelmed with a lot of information and stressed about going home. This article presents an interprofessional tool to interact with patients in a concrete way and to engage them in their discharge preparation.