Objective: to assess the forces of an early discharge hospital-at-home scheme onward self-reported carer strain and quality of life.

Objective: to assess the forces of an early discharge hospital-at-home scheme onward self-reported carer strain and quality of life. Design: a randomized controll trial Setting: Bristol, UK Subjects: 133 carers of patients receiving either early discharge from hospital to hospital-at-home (n = 93) care or usual hospital care and discharge (n = 40) result measures: modified 12-item Carer Strain Index, COOP-WONCA charts and EuroQol EQ-5D at 4 weeks and 3 month post-randomization. Results: the mean age of carers was 65 years; 56% were women There were no marked differences between the assemblages in any of the issues used at either 4-week or 3-month follow-up Conclusion: there was no evidence of increased self-reported tonnage imposed on carers of patients discharged early from hospital. Decisions forward the implementation of hospital-at-home schemes should be influenced at considerations of cost and effectiveness rather than powers on carers. The effects onward carers may, however, differ for other forms of home-based care.

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