AccessMyLibraryBrowseMMedicine & HealthSEP-05 Study reveals factors common to nursing home discharges: long-stay residents likely have mental or cognitive disorders.(Long-Term Care)
Study reveals factors common to nursing home discharges: long-stay residents likely have mental or cognitive disorders.(Long-Term Care)
Publication: Medicine & Health
Publication Date: 19-SEP-05
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The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured issued a report in August showing that nursing homes tended to discharge residents back into the community who had 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 study notes that states with federal funding and support have focused on returning nursing home residents to community settings. The high cost of nursing home care and the strong preference of disabled individuals and their families for non-institutional care is driving interest in reducing nursing home placement for persons with long-term care needs. The initiation of formal programs to move people out...
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