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| Use of in-patient hospital beds by people living in residential care | | Author(s) | Paul Finucane, Rachel Wundke, Craig Whitehead |
| Journal title | Gerontology, vol 46, no 3, May-June 2000 |
| Pages | pp 133-138 |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Admission [hospitals] ; Australia. |
| Annotation | There is a concern that people living in residential care in Australia make significant and often inappropriate use of acute in-patient hospital services. This study aimed to investigate how and why older people in residential care use in-patient hospital beds, and to determine the outcome of hospitalisation and functional status at 3 months following discharge. Findings revealed that older people in residential care were often hospitalised because of acute illness. In the vast majority of cases hospitalisation was both appropriate and unavoidable. Most did not require prolonged hospitalisation and were discharged, usually to their original residence. However, within 3 months many had died or functionally declined. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000511404 A |
| Classmark | KW: KX: LD:QKH: 7YA |
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