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Residential aged care
— the de facto hospice for New Zealand's older people | | Author(s) | Martin J Connolly, Joanna B Broad, Michal Boyd |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 33, no 2, June 2014 |
| Publisher | Wiley, June 2014 |
| Pages | pp 114-120 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Terminal care ; Death ; Dying ; New Zealand. |
| Annotation | The present study aimed to describe short-term mortality among residential aged care (RAC) residents in Auckland, New Zealand. This was a census-type survey of all residential aged care facilities in the Auckland region, conducted during 2008. 861, or 12.6% of participants died within six months of taking the survey. Survival related to RAC length of stay before the survey: those resident for less than one month (subgroup 380) having 80.0% survival, 1-6 months 83.2% and six or more months 87.4%. In those admitted to private hospital from acute hospital (104 of the subgroup of 380), six-month mortality was 36.5%. Significant mortality predictors were: private hospital admission from acute hospital, unscheduled GP visit during the prior two weeks, personal care disability and acute hospital admission during the previous two years. These findings show that RAC mortality (especially post admission) is high. Training and resource in the sector should reflect this. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150626241 A |
| Classmark | KW: KX: LV: CW: CX: 7YN |
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