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| Is hostel care good for you? Quality of life measures in older people moving into residential care | | Author(s) | C Reberger, S E Hall, R A Criddle |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 18, no 3, August 1999 |
| Pages | pp 145-149 |
| Keywords | Hostels ; Admission ; Quality of life ; Health [elderly] ; Australia. |
| Annotation | For many older adults, moving into hostel accommodation can be a stressful and traumatic process. The impact of this move on quality of life and function after a three-month adjustment period was evaluated in this study. A Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Modified Barthel Index (MBI), Short Form 36 (SF-36) and demographic information was collected prior to hostel entry, and the SF-36 was repeated three months after admission. Fifty older persons participated in the study. Results showed that the SF-36 improved in 7 out of 8 domains after admission, with only mental health not improving significantly. Despite improving, physical functioning remained below the age and gender matched Australian norm for the SF-36 in both men and women aged over 75. For women there also continued to be a reduction in social function, general health and mental health. The study concluded that both men and women had an overall increase in their quality of life after admission to hostel care. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991005225 A |
| Classmark | KVA: QKH: F:59: CC: 7YA |
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