New institutionalisation following acute hospital admission: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

institutionalisation following acute hospital admission is common and yet poorly described, with policy documents advising against this transition.

Objective

to characterise the individuals admitted to a care home on discharge from an acute hospital admission and to describe their assessment.

Design and setting

a retrospective cohort study of people admitted to a single large Scottish teaching hospital.

Subjects

100 individuals admitted to the acute hospital from home and discharged to a care home.

Methods

a single researcher extracted data from ward-based case notes.

Results

people discharged to care homes were predominantly female (62%), widowed (52%) older adults (mean 83.6 years) who lived alone (67%). About 95% had a diagnosed cogn

SUBMITTER: Harrison JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860512 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature