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Home away from home — a study of 'out of area' nursing home placement
Author(s)	N Grace, J Death
Journal title	Australian Journal on Ageing, vol 15, no 3, 1996
Pages	pp 119-122
Keywords	Physical disabilities ; Admission [hospitals] ; Geographical distance ; House removal ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Social surveys ; Australia.
Annotation	Disabled people waiting in hospitals for nursing home admission restrict the available acute medical and surgical beds, and therefore the ability of hospitals to provide acute and elective services. In areas where nursing home vacancies are scarce, people waiting placement are often sent to distant areas where vacancies are frequent. The authors retrospectively studied 217 people placed out of are from the Central Coast of New South Wales (NSW), Australia in 1994. Subjects' disabilities, circumstances, factors leading to transfer, and location at the end of the 12-month study period are reported. Some of the reasons for their situation are discussed and plans for the future explored.
Accession Number	CPA-971014205 A
Classmark	BN: LD:QKH: RJ: TNH: LHB:QKH: 3F: 7YA
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