Backman, ChantalJohnston, SharonOelke, Nelly D.Kovacs Burns, KatharinaHughes, LindaGifford, WendyLacroix, JeanieForster, Alan J.2019-03-262019-03-2620191932-6203https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-23208http://hdl.handle.net/10393/38958Research has shown that adverse events during care transitions from hospital to home can have a significant impact on patients' outcomes, leading to readmission, delayed healing or even death. Gaps exist in the ways of monitoring care during transition periods and there is a need to help organizations better implement and monitor safe person-and family-centered care. Value statements are a way to obtain narratives in lay terms about how well care, treatment and support is organized to meet the needs and preferences of patients/families. The purpose of this study was to identify the value statements that are perceived by decision-makers and patients/families to best signify safe person- and family-centered care during transitions from hospital to home.enArticle10.1371/journal.pone.0211024