Predictive value of nonspecific symptoms for acute illness in nursing home residents
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Studies show that lethargy, weakness, and lessening appetite are positive predictors of acute illness in nursing home patients, each of which correctly indicated the presence of illness one out of two times they were reported by patients. Disorientation and agitation indicated a serious illness one out of three times they were reported.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2003
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Outcomes of infection in nursing home residents with and without early hospital transfer
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A comparative analysis on the status of infections in patients that remain at nursing home and those that are transferred there from to hospitals within 3 days of infection onset is presented. It is observed that patients remaining at the nursing home were better off when compared to those that were transferred to hospitals.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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A cost -benefit analysis of external hip protectors in the nursing home setting
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A study to estimate potential cost savings generated by a program of hip protectors in the nursing home from a Medicare perspective on home residents aged 65 and older without a previous hip fracture and using a state-transition Markov model is presented.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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