The Risk of Institutionalization Before Death
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 19 (4) , 361-367
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/19.4.361
Abstract
The risk of institutionalization before death was estimated in a follow-up study of 521 persons who were initially interviewed in 1965 and who died before January 1975. We were successful in reconstructing long-term care histories for 455 individuals. Of these, 39% stayed at least once in a nursing home or convalescent hospital before death; 15% had stays of six months or more. Multiple discriminant analysis was used to examine associations between risk of institutionalization and selected variables.Keywords
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