TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk profiles for nursing home placement of rural elderly
T2 - A cluster analysis of psychogeriatric indicators
AU - Abraham, Ivo L.
AU - Currie, Lillian J.
AU - Neese, Jane Bryant
AU - Yi, Eun Suk
AU - Thompson-Heisterman, Anita A.
PY - 1994/8
Y1 - 1994/8
N2 - In an effort to better understand the clinical and functional status of pattients served by our Rural Elder Outreach Program, more effectively identify risk groups, and more efficiently target services, we performed a cluster analysis on 92 older adults served by our program. The first cluster included patients with very poor health, mild cognitive impairment, very high care demands, and migrating toward active risk for institutionalization. The second cluster included patients with poor physical but good mental health, intact cognition, high care demands, and at passive risk. The third cluster comprised patients with high functional, physical, and cognitive impairment, intensive care demands, moderate mental health problems, poor insight into their situation, and at active risk for institutionalization.
AB - In an effort to better understand the clinical and functional status of pattients served by our Rural Elder Outreach Program, more effectively identify risk groups, and more efficiently target services, we performed a cluster analysis on 92 older adults served by our program. The first cluster included patients with very poor health, mild cognitive impairment, very high care demands, and migrating toward active risk for institutionalization. The second cluster included patients with poor physical but good mental health, intact cognition, high care demands, and at passive risk. The third cluster comprised patients with high functional, physical, and cognitive impairment, intensive care demands, moderate mental health problems, poor insight into their situation, and at active risk for institutionalization.
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U2 - 10.1016/0883-9417(94)90068-X
DO - 10.1016/0883-9417(94)90068-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 7979559
AN - SCOPUS:0028488606
VL - 8
SP - 262
EP - 271
JO - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
JF - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
SN - 0883-9417
IS - 4
ER -