title: Development and testing of a questionnaire to measure older people's experience of the Transition Care Program in Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Transition Care (TC) is a new program for older adults in Australia. At present, program quality is assessed using provider reports of compliance with key requirements established by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. As part of the National Evaluation of the Transition Care Program, the authors developed a questionnaire to measure recipient experience of TC.
  
  
  METHODS
  Validity and reliability were assessed via interviews with 582 recipients or proxies 3 months after discharge from TC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Concordance between test-retest observations was high. Principal component analysis suggested three subscales were important: restoration, continuity of care and patient involvement. Recipients of TC in a residential care setting had lower mean scores on the restoration subscale compared to those who received services in the community.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study found that a standardised measure of recipient experience could inform quality improvement in TC and is feasible to administer via questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. stacey.masters@flinders.edu.au
authors.forename: Stacey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masters
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giles
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Halbert
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crotty
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001315:Australia; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires