Identifying potential long-stay residents in veterans health administration nursing homes

Veterans Affairs nursing homes (Community Living Centers; CLCs) have largely shifted focus to providing short-term rehabilitative care, preferring longer-term care to be provided in contract nursing homes or at home. The goal of this retrospective cohort study is to identify resident characteristics associated with longer length of stay using the CLC Minimum Data Set (n  = 35,114). Length of stay was defined as three groups: short (
Source: Geriatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research