The immediate and subsequent outcomes of nursing home care.

作者: M A Lewis , R L Kane , S Cretin , V Clark

DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.75.7.758

关键词: EpidemiologyEmergency medicineNursing homesPublic healthUrinary continenceDementiaGeriatricsGerontologySocial supportMedicineHip fracture

摘要: To determine the relationship between admission status and subsequent outcomes, 563 patients discharged during 1980 from 24 nursing homes were followed through 1982. Only 28 per cent of to their homes. Reconstructed life histories 529 discharges for two-year follow-up revealed only 38 persons (7.2 cent) alive at home; these, 36 had been initially Four hundred one (75.8 dead. Mental orientation, urinary continence, functional status, hip fracture, diagnoses associated with dementia found be significant predictors outcome after discharge follow-up. Social support a modest effect on former outcomes.

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