Mortality and nursing home admission of severely disabled patients
Piechowiak, H.; Schewe, S.
Gesundheitswesen 58(1): 31-35
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0941-3790 PMID: 8851129 Document Number: 464742
242 people had been interviewed 1-4 years (average 2 years) after first receiving benefits because of urgent need of nursing care. Meanwhile 57 persons had died at home. 17 persons had moved into a nursing home, and 8 of them had died there. For another two persons transfer to a nursing home was imminent. -Among those older than 60 years the probability of dying at home is more than three times greater than the risk of changeover to a nursing home. The highest transferrat to a nursing home (more than 18% within the observation period) was seen in women of 80 years of age and older.