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Transferring to an institution — an analysis of factors behind the transfer to institutional long-term care
Author(s)	Mårten Lagergren
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 15, no 3, Autumn 1996
Pages	pp 427-441
Keywords	Institutional accommodation ; Long term ; Informal care ; Domestic services [domiciliary] ; Physical disabilities ; Accessibility [housing] ; Incontinence ; Evaluation ; Sweden.
Annotation	Analyses the relation of different factors to client transfer between levels of care in an area-based system of long-term care for older and disabled people - particularly from non- institutional to institutional care - in the municipality of Solna, Sweden. Factors analysed include age, sex, marital status, co-habitation, accessibility of housing, informal social support, and different aspects of disability. Dementia, functional disability and incontinence were the most likely factors to influence probability of transfer. Deficiencies in the social environment such as living alone, inadequate housing accessibility or lack of social support did not show up - presumably because they were adequately compensated for by public home help services.
Accession Number	CPA-970212024 A
Classmark	KV: 4Q: P6: NG: BN: KE:5CA: CTM: 4C: 76P
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