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| Admission related migration by older nursing home residents | | Author(s) | William J McAuley, Loretta Pecchioni, Jo Anna Grant |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 54B, no 3, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp S125-135 |
| Keywords | Migration ; Admission [nursing homes] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The assumption has generally been that individuals entering nursing homes make local moves. However, US research indicates that a substantial percentage of nursing home residents cross county boundaries - a criterion for differentiating local moves from migration - in the process of admission. The authors describe the results of an investigation examining admissions to nursing homes in Virginia. Employing a conceptual framework based on migration theory and the long-term care decision process and a data set derived from multiple sources, logistic regression was used to examine whether characteristics of the county of residence prior to admission, the desired nursing home, and the the individual are significant predictors of three types of mobility. Married and unmarried individuals were analysed separately. The analytical models had only moderate predictive accuracy. Individuals originating in counties with higher bed rates had lower rates of migration to another county and non-adjacent county, whereas those from counties with higher occupancy rates were more likely to leave their county of origin. The article discusses other factors associated with patterns of mobility and criteria in selecting a nursing home. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826229 A |
| Classmark | TN: LHB:QKH: 7T |
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