Exploring the experiences of patients attending day hospitals in the rural Scotland: capturing the patient's voice

Aims and objectives To understand the meaning of person‐centred compassionate care for people attending day hospitals in rural Scotland. Background Increasing numbers of older people are living with chronic conditions and require support to live at home. Intermediate care services such as day hospitals can enable this. Much previous research about day hospitals focused on organisational aspects of care. This study set out to capture the voice of...