ArticleAging medicine (Milton (N.S.W))2019
Effectiveness and analysis of factors predictive of discharge to home in a 4-year cohort in a residential transitional care unit.
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- Shaping older adults' care policy: a scoping review of key determinants in post-acute and community reintegration transitions.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Higher levels of multimorbidity are associated with increased risk of readmission for older people during post-acute transitional care.European geriatric medicine · 2023Article
- Understanding transitional care programs for older adults who experience delayed discharge: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Effectiveness and analysis of factors predictive of discharge to home in a 4-year cohort in a residential transitional care unit.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and identify factors predictive of home discharge in a cohort of patients admitted to the residential Transitional Aged Care Program (r-TACP) after a stay in an acute hospital.
methodsA retrospective observational cohort study of patients admitted to a single r-TACP unit between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2017 was carried out. Baseline patient characteristics and discharge outcomes were analyzed.
resultsThree hundred sixty-nine patients were admitted during the study period. The discharge outcomes were as follows: 68% returned home, 17% went onto residential care, 14% were readmitted to hospital, and 1% died. Factors associated with not returning home were increased age, increased comorbidities, and lower Barthel Index on admission to the r-TACP.
conclusionOur r-TACP is an effective program that successfully returns the majority (67.8%) of older patients home after an acute hospital admission. Older patients with greater comorbidities and poorer baseline functional status in our program were less likely to return home.
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