Development and External Validation of Models to Predict Need for Nursing Home Level of Care in Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Most older adults living with dementia ultimately need nursing home level of care (NHLOC).

Objective

To develop models to predict need for NHLOC among older adults with probable dementia using self-report and proxy reports to aid patients and family with planning and care management.

Design, setting, and participants

This prognostic study included data from 1998 to 2016 from the Health and Retirement Study (development cohort) and from 2011 to 2019 from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (validation cohort). Participants were community-dwelling adults 65 years and older with probable dementia. Data analysis was conducted between January 2022 and October 2023.

Exposures

Candidate predictors included demographics, behavioral/health factors, fun

SUBMITTER: Deardorff WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10696518 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature