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Profiling disability within nursing homes
— a census-based approach | | Author(s) | Marianne Falconer, Desmond O'Neill |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 36, no 2, March 2007 |
| Pages | pp 209-212 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Cognitive impairment ; Sense organ problems ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Population statistics ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | Information from the 2002 Irish National Census was used to examine the prevalence of disability in nursing home residents compared to its prevalence among older people in the community in Ireland. Disability was measured using a 6-item questionnaire embedded in the Census form. Prevalence of disability was quantified among the general population and nursing home residents aged 65+. Comparisons were made by sex, and number and type of disabilities between nursing home residents and their age-matched peers living in the community. A high level of disability was found in nursing homes, with almost 90% having a recorded disability compared with less than 30% of those aged 65+ living in the community. Nursing home residents had on average 4.5 disabilities, ranging from hearing and visual problems to difficulties remembering and concentrating. Thus, there is a very high level of physical, sensory and cognitive disability among nursing home residents. Strategic health and functional questions in national censuses may be helpful in planning appropriate services for older people in residential care, as well as tracking trends in disability. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070503213 A |
| Classmark | BN: E4: BLP: KX: LHB: S4: 763 |
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