Mortality in residential care facilities for people with disability: a descriptive cross-sectional analysis of statutory notifications in Ireland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine incidence of death in residential care facilities for people with disability in Ireland, primary cause of death, associations of facility characteristics and deaths, and to compare characteristics of deaths reported as expected and unexpected.

Design

Descriptive cross-sectional study.

Setting

All residential care facilities for people with disability operational in Ireland in 2019 and 2020 (n=1356).

Participants

n=9483 beds.

Main outcome measures

All expected and unexpected deaths notified to the social services regulator. Cause of death as reported by the facility.

Results

395 death notifications were received in 2019 (n=189) and 2020 (n=206). 45% (n=178) were for unexpected deaths. Incidence of death per 1000 beds per yea

SUBMITTER: McMahon MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163474 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature