Effects of a Nursing-Home Respite Admission on Veterans with Advanced Dementia
- 1 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 33 (4) , 523-528
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/33.4.523
Abstract
The short-term admission to a nursing home of patients with dementia represents an important respite option for their caregivers, yet little is known about how it affects the patients. Twenty-six of 39 men admitted to a Veterans Affairs dementia respite program experienced a small but statistically significant decline in self-care and behavior at 2 days after discharge, but by 14 days most had returned to their pre-respite status. Patients who deteriorated substantially had, on average, greater independence in self-care and less cognitive impairment at admission than those who improved or worsened minimally.Keywords
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