Health, Social, and Functional Characteristics of Older Adults With Continuing Care Needs

Implications for Integrated Care

Bibliographic Data

ID12798795
AuthorsCara L Brown (0000-0001-9979-1815, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, corresponding author), Verena Menec (0000-0003-0945-2276, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada)
Year2018
Volume31
Issue7
Pages1085-1105
Publication date2018-02-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Aging and Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1552-6887 • E-ISSN: 0898-2643
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0898264318759856
PMID29488415
OpenAlexW2790222006
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited24

Objective: To identify older adults who could benefit from integrated care, we examined (a) health, social, and functional characteristics of older, hospitalized adults who required continuing care on discharge and (b) associations between these characteristics and potentially unnecessary health care use. Method: Personal characteristics were extracted from patient charts ( N = 214) and examined in relation to three outcomes: discharge to institutional care, unnecessary hospital stay (alternative level of care), and long hospital stay. Results: Twenty-nine percent of the sample was discharged to an institution, 32.7% was coded as alternate level of care, and 27.6% had a long length of stay. Independent predictors of potentially avoidable health care use were mental and behavioral issues, living alone, functional status, and preadmission concerns about the patient managing in the community. Discussion: High users of health care services were identifiable prior to hospital admission, supporting the use of community-based integrated care approaches

Continuing care · Family medicine · Health care · Mental health · Psychiatry · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Gerontology

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