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Three year outcome of the residents in a special nursing home
Author(s) -
OKURA MASAO,
IKUTA TAKUMI
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1995.tb01856.x
Subject(s) - activities of daily living , medicine , nursing homes , rating scale , dementia , gerontology , disease , pulmonary disease , physical therapy , psychology , nursing , developmental psychology
The 3 year outcome of 48 residents in a special nursing home was investigated, using Hasegawa's dementia rating scale (HDS) and activities of daily living (ADL). For all the residents, HDS score correlates well with age ( P < 0.01) and ADL score ( P < 0.001). Nineteen residents (40.4%) died during the period surveyed. Two‐thirds of the residents with low ADL score died during the period, whereas 70% of the residents with high ADL score are alive. Of these scales, ADL correlated well with the fatal prognosis, suggesting that ADL is a valuable prognostic tool. As for the causes of death, pulmonary disease was prominent ( n = 12, 63.2%). Consequently, the prevention of pulmonary disease is needed to achieve a good outcome in the management of nursing home residents.