TY - JOUR
T1 - The immediate and subsequent outcomes of nursing home care
AU - Lewis, M. A.
AU - Kane, R. L.
AU - Cretin, S.
AU - Clark, V.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - 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% of patients were discharged to their homes. Reconstructed life histories of 529 discharges for the two-year follow-up revealed only 38 persons (7.2%) were alive and at home; of these, 36 had been initially discharged to their homes. Four hundred and one persons (75.8%) were dead. Mental orientation, urinary continence, functional status, hip fracture, and diagnoses associated with dementia were found to be significant predictors of outcome status after discharge and at follow-up. Social support had only a modest effect on the former outcomes.
AB - 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% of patients were discharged to their homes. Reconstructed life histories of 529 discharges for the two-year follow-up revealed only 38 persons (7.2%) were alive and at home; of these, 36 had been initially discharged to their homes. Four hundred and one persons (75.8%) were dead. Mental orientation, urinary continence, functional status, hip fracture, and diagnoses associated with dementia were found to be significant predictors of outcome status after discharge and at follow-up. Social support had only a modest effect on the former outcomes.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.75.7.758
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.75.7.758
M3 - Article
C2 - 3923850
AN - SCOPUS:0021881508
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 75
SP - 758
EP - 762
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 7
ER -