The role of functioning in predicting nursing home placement or death among older home care patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There have been few studies predicting institutionalization or death in home care settings. We examined risk factors for nursing home placement (NHP) and death among home care patients.

Design

A prospective one-year follow-up study.

Settings and subjects

Persons aged ≥65 years living in Eastern Finland and receiving regular home care services (n = 293).

Main outcome measures

Risk factors for NHP or death were investigated using Cox proportional hazards model. Explanatory variables included demographics, health status (Charlson Comorbidity Index, CCI), physical (Timed Up and Go, TUG), and cognitive (Mini-Mental State Examination, MMSE) functioning, Basic and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (BADL, IADL) and mood (Geriatric Depression Scal

SUBMITTER: Bjorkstedt E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11001308 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature