High-risk Profiles for Nursing Home Admission
- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 32 (5) , 634-640
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/32.5.634
Abstract
A statewide probability sample of 1,625 Massachusetts elderly was studied prospectively over a decade to ideniify risk profiles for long-term care (LTC) institutionalization. Previous admission to a LTC institution, age, basic ADL disability, and restricted outside mobility were the strongest individual predictors of institutionalization. Examining profiles of risk factors dramatically increased the ability to predict 10-year risk of admission.Keywords
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