Open AccessResidential Outcomes for Nursing Facility Applicants Who Have Been Diverted: Where Are They 5 Years Later?
Author(s) -
Rosemary Kennedy Chapin,
Pilar Baca,
Ken MacMillan,
Roxanne Rachlin,
Molly E. Zimmerman
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnp009
Subject(s) - medicine , longitudinal study , gerontology , older people , nursing homes , demography , nursing , pathology , sociology
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to determine the length of community tenure for adults aged 60 and older after application for nursing facility (NF) admission and to examine the proportion of older adults who lost community tenure due to either (a) death while a community resident or (b) permanent NF admission.
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