Pre-Institutionalization Factors as Predictors of Adjustment to a Long-Term Care Facility

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Abstract
In a larger study of applicants to a long-term care facility (HEW/BHSR—formerly NCHSRD—supported Research Grant HS00470), a discriminant function was developed to distinguish between persons clinically judged as suited to residency in a long-term care facility from those judged less suited. Studying only those who were eventually institutionalized, this instrument was used to classify applicants. Based on pre- and post-measures derived from interview data, it was found that the “suited” group experienced an increase in life satisfaction, while the “less suited” group either stayed the same or decreased in life satisfaction.

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