Transitional care needs of persons with dementia and their care partners: a secondary analysis using Transitions Theory

Persons with dementia (PWD) and their care partners experience multidimensional care transitions across the illness trajectory. Care transitions interventions often center the experience of transfer between healthcare settings and depend on specialized services, which limits incorporation into standard routine care. This study examined the transitional care needs of PWD and care partners using Transitions Theory to inform transitional care interventions, especially for hospice care transitions. This is a secondary qualitative directed content analysis. Data were coded using Transitions Theory concepts, analyzed using framework analysis, including data familiarization, framework identificatio