Who stays and who goes home: using national data on nursing home discharges and long-stay residents to draw implications for nursing home transition programs
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Kasper, Judy, author
- Contributor(s):
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, issuing body. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, August 2005
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Community Health Services Continuity of Patient Care Health Services Needs and Demand Homes for the Aged Nursing Homes Patient Discharge United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Nursing homes serve a population with substantial medical and long-term care needs. Within this population are individuals who receive rehabilitation services in the aftermath of acute medical events such as stroke, and individuals who need increasing levels of custodial care in response to progressive declines in functioning related to diseases such as Alzheimer's. Over the last several years, some states, have turned their attention to returning nursing home residents to community settings through nursing home transition programs. This paper analyzes data from the most recent National Nursing Home Survey to describe the characteristics of two groups of nursing home residents who are 65 years and older: (1) those who are discharged back to the community over a one year time period; (2) those who remain in nursing homes for 90 days or longer. The study shows that those who were discharged back to the community tended to have shorter lengths of stay, were younger, and had spouses. The prevalence of a major chronic disease was high in both short stay and long-stay residents, but long-stay residents were more than two times as likely to have a cognitive disorder. The findings provide insights on who to target in transition programs and what level and types of community resources are needed.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (19 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101281968 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101281968