Hospital at home challenges perceptions of older people’s care

Hospital at home models alter nurses’ perception of acute care, frailty and risk, rather than simply reorganising services. As illustrated in our Evidence & practice article, Providing acute care at home to older adults with frailty: nurses’ experiences of working with a hospital at home service (page 29), transferring decision-making into people’s homes challenges entrenched assumptions that safety and expertise reside in hospital walls.