Background:

The care partners of hospitalised older adults often feel dissatisfied with the education and skills training provided to them, resulting in unpreparedness and poor health outcomes.

Objective:

This review aimed to characterise and identify gaps in the education and skills training used with the care partners of older adults in the hospital.

Methods:

We conducted a scoping review on the education and skills training practices used with the care partners of hospitalised older adults in the USA via sources identified in the PubMed, PsychINFO and CINAHL databases.

Results:

Twelve studies were included in this review. Results illustrate that nurses utilise multiple modes of delivery and frequently provide education and skills training tailored to the needs of care partners at the latter end of hospital care. The provision of education and skills training varies greatly, however, including who provides education, in what way information is conveyed, and how care partner outcomes are measured.

Conclusion:

This is the first scoping review to describe and synthesise the education and skills training practices used with care partners of hospitalised older adults. Findings highlight the need for education and skills training to be interprofessional, tailored to individual care partners’ needs and begin at, or even before, the hospital admission of older adult patients.

中文翻译：

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住院老年人护理伙伴的教育和技能培训：范围界定审查

背景：

住院老年人的护理伙伴常常对向他们提供的教育和技能培训感到不满意，导致准备不足和健康状况不佳。

客观的：

本综述旨在描述和确定医院老年人护理伙伴在教育和技能培训方面的差距。

方法：

我们通过 PubMed、PsychINFO 和 CINAHL 数据库中确定的来源，对美国住院老年人的护理伙伴使用的教育和技能培训实践进行了范围界定审查。

结果：

本综述纳入了 12 项研究。结果表明，护士利用多种分娩方式，并经常提供针对医院护理后期护理伙伴需求的教育和技能培训。然而，教育和技能培训的提供差异很大，包括谁提供教育、以何种方式传达信息以及如何衡量护理伙伴的结果。

结论：

这是第一个描述和综合与住院老年人的护理伙伴一起使用的教育和技能培训实践的范围界定审查。调查结果强调，教育和技能培训需要跨专业，根据个人护理伙伴的需求量身定制，并在老年患者入院时开始，甚至在入院之前开始。