Who dies at home? Determinants of site of death for community-based long-term care patients
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Long-term community-based care of the elderly does not typically include dying at home. Of 620 deaths that occurred in a Connecticut community in 1989, 49% of the patients died in the hospital and 21% died in their homes. Nursing home deaths came to 20% and hospice deaths amounted to 7%. The degree and type of sickness, being female, and the presence of family were associated with home death. It is not clear if dying at home was planned or not.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1999
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When the patient cannot come to the doctor: a medical housecalls program
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A housecalls program may be beneficial in elderly patients who cannot leave their homes. One such program was implemented by a senior center with a geriatrician and nurse practitioner on staff. Half of the patients were 85 years or older and 81% were female. Many required help with one or more activities of daily living. Sixty percent were treated at home for illnesses ranging from respiratory tract infections to heart failure.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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Factors associated with six-month mortality in recipients of community-based long-term care
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Several factors are associated with an increased risk of death in elderly people receiving care at home. Researchers analyzed risk factors for six-month mortality in 6,784 elderly patients receiving home care. Poor functional and cognitive status, depression, hospitalization and diseases such as cancer, heart disease, COPD and nutritional problems were associated with increased six-month mortality rates.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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