Engelsk titel: Lower mortality of demented nursing home residents : a two-year survival study
Författare:
Nygaard, Harald A.
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Laake, Knut
Språk: Eng
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UI-nummer: 22245
Sammanfattning
The mortality of 318 patients residing permanently in a nursing home was analyzed over two years in a retrospective study. Age was found to be significantly associated with increased mortality, and dementia with decreased mortality. This can give some support to the hypothesis that demented persons accumulate in nursing homes, partly due to inappropriate community services for these patients, leading to a relatively early institutionalization.