Receiving home care forms and the risk for emergency department visits in community-dwelling Dutch older adults, a retrospective cohort study using national data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults receiving home care have a higher risk of visiting the emergency department (ED) than community-dwelling older adults not receiving home care. This may result from a higher incidence of comorbidities and reduced functional autonomy in home care recipients. Since people receive different types of home care because of their different comorbidities and autonomy profiles, it is possible that distinguishing between the form of home care can help identify subpopulations with different risks for ED visits and help develop targeted interventions. This study aimed to compare the risk of visiting the ED in older adults receiving different forms of home care with those living at home without receiving home care in a national cohort in one year.

Methods

A retrosp

SUBMITTER: Smeekes OS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11225288 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature