Risk of Institutionalization Among Community Long-Term Care Clients With Dementia
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- 1 February 1997
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 37 (1) , 46-51
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/37.1.46
Abstract
South Carolina Community Long-Term Care (CLTC) data were used to identify factors increasing the risk of institutionalization in people with dementia. Clients diagnosed withdementia and observed at least twice between June 1993 and December 1994 (N = 786)were studied. Logistic regression determined that clients with a decline in ADL function whowere white, had a nonrelative or child as a caregiver, and were diagnosed with Alzheimer'sdisease were at increased risk of institutionalization. Identifying CLTC clients at increased risk of institutionalization could be useful in designing additional interventions to prevent institutionalization or in planning the transition to institutional care.Keywords
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