Background: The transition of care from the hospital to the community has been extensively studied, demonstrating medical errors in half of patients after hospital discharge. However, there has been a dearth of studies focusing on the transition of older patients from the hospital to skilled nursing facilities.
Introduction/Objective: Using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pressure ulcers guidelines (CMS, 2008), we designed a study to examine attitudes and knowledge of pressure ulcers among health care personnel in hospitals and long-term care facilities.