Family Involvement in the Care of Hospitalized Older Adults: Protocol for a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis

Judith B Vick   ^{1, 2, 3} , MD, MPH ;   Blair P Golden   ⁴ , MD, MS ;   Sarah Cantrell   ⁵ , MLiS ;   Melissa Louise Harris-Gersten   ¹ , RN, PhD ;   Mollie R Selmanoff   ⁶ , LCSW-C ;   Susan Nicole Hastings   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Tolu O Oyesanya   ⁷ , RN, PhD ;   Karen M Goldstein   ^{1, 2} , MD, MSPH ;   Courtney Van Houtven   ^{1, 8} , PhD

¹ Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, NC, United States

² Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States

³ National Clinician Scholars Program, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Durham, NC, United States

⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States

⁵ Medical Center Library and Archives, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States

⁶ Department of Care Management, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁷ Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, United States

⁸ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States