Can you walk me through what happened when you were admitted to (insert location)?

Did you receive any information about your care and what to expect?

In general, how did you feel about your involvement with your day-to-day care while you were at (insert location)?

In the days leading up to discharge, when you had a question about your care, how did you go about finding an answer?

Were your needs or preferences as a caregiver asked about or discussed by (name of patient)’s healthcare provider(s)?

Did the care team treat you as a source of knowledge? If yes, how?

How were you involved in decisions about discharge planning and future care arrangements? Tell me more about that…. Do you feel you were involved about as much as you wanted to be?

To what extent are patients and caregivers involved in decision making about their own care?

What are things that make it easier to involve patients/caregivers in care planning? What are things that make the process of engagement difficult?

Thinking about a patient being discharged to (insert example discharge location); can you walk me through how you prepare the patient/ caregiver for the transition?