In this episode of WHAHC Congress Catch-Up, we explore the deeply human side of Hospital at Home through the lens of the WHAHC 2025 session “Patient & Caregiver Experience – Part 1”, chaired by Dr. Penelope Bryant (Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia). The session presents powerful data and stories from Australia, France, and Spain, revealing how patients and their caregivers experience acute care delivered at home—and how healthcare systems are adapting to support them better.

You’ll also hear about:
• How cancer patients' pain, sleep, and mental health improved in just days at home, tracked using PROMs and PREMs (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia)
• A study of 130 patient-caregiver pairs revealing the hidden toll on caregivers—and what France is doing to support them (Fondation Santé Service, France)
• An innovative NGO-hospital partnership that provides trained caregivers to patients with no family support, making HaH more equitable (Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain)
• A rigorously validated questionnaire—developed specifically for Hospital at Home—that captures the real patient and caregiver experience (Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia)

The session's rich Q&A explored pressing issues like social inequity, the burden on women caregivers, and how international models are working to overcome staffing and access barriers in creative, system-level ways.

This episode is especially relevant for clinicians, program leads, health system planners, and patient experience professionals focused on delivering safe, compassionate, and equitable care at home.

This podcast was created using AI to provide a quick and insightful summary of a WHAHC 2025 session. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, listeners are encouraged to refer to original Congress materials and recordings for detailed information.

The World Hospital at Home Congress, WHAHC 2025, took place on 27–29 March 2025, in Vienna, Austria.

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