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Activities of Daily Living of Home Healthcare Patients.
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- Functional Activities to Optimize Patient Outcomes in Home Health: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2026Trial
- Functional range of motion for basic seated activities of daily living tasks.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Long-Term Impairment in Activities of Daily Living Following COVID-19 in Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Home Health Agencies With More Socially Vulnerable Patients Have Poorer Experience of Care Ratings.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Article
- Care-Partner Support and Hospitalization in Assisted Living During Transitional Home Health Care.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Article
- Utilization and Functional Outcomes Among Medicare Home Health Recipients Varied Across Living Situations.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2021Article
- Functional outcome in home health: Do racial and ethnic minority patients with dementia fare worse?PloS one · 2020Article
- Factors associated with change in activities of daily living performance in home health care patients with diabetes.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
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Abstract
Activities of daily living (ADLs) is an important measure of the quality of care provided in home healthcare (HHC), but few studies describe the ADLs of HHC patients. The objectives of this study were to (1) describe the types and levels of ADL dependency among patients receiving home care, (2) identify the risk factors for severe ADL dependency at admission, and (3) identify the predictors of ADL improvement during an HHC stay. This was a secondary data analysis of a 5% random sample (n = 105,654) of the national Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS-C) for the year 2013. The dependent variables were severe ADL dependency level at admission and ADL improvement from admission to discharge. About two thirds (65%) of the patients (n = 99,991) had severe ADL dependency (dependence in seven or more ADLs) at admission. Older age, female gender, and impaired decision-making were associated with severe ADL dependency on admission. Of the 105,654 patients, 58.1% (n = 89,997) experienced ADL improvement. ADL improvement was associated with increasing HHC length of stay, being female, and prior inpatient stay. Clinicians, policy makers, and agencies could focus on modifiable characteristics to achieve the goal of ADL improvement.
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