People living in nursing care facilities who are ambulant and fracture their hips: description of usual care and an alternative rehabilitation pathway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about treatment provided to people living in nursing care facilities (NCFs) after hospital admission for hip fracture. In addition, there are no clinical guidelines for rehabilitation and recovery following hip fracture for nursing home residents.

Methods

As part of a randomised trial (SACRED trial), which investigated the efficacy of a four week in-reach rehabilitation program, data were collected which described routine care for 240 people living in 76 nursing care facilities in South Australia who fractured their hips. The in-reach rehabilitation provided to 119 intervention participants is described, including intensity, type and methods used to encourage participation in rehabilitation. Adverse events that occurred, in particular falls, are al

SUBMITTER: Killington M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7147061 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature