TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of a Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Implementation of Function-Focused Care in Assisted Living on Resident Falls, Hospitalizations, and Nursing Home Transfers
AU - Resnick, Barbara
AU - Boltz, Marie
AU - Galik, Elizabeth
AU - Zhu, Shijun
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute of Aging R01 AG050516.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2021/12/1
Y1 - 2021/12/1
N2 - The purpose of this study was to test the impact of function-focused care on adverse outcomes in assisted living. This was a randomized trial including 85 settings. The age of the 794 recruited participants was 89.48 (SD = 7.43) years, the majority was female (n = 561, 71%) and White (n = 771, 97%). The percentage of residents in the treatment group experiencing a fall decreased at 12 months from 26% to 20% and the control group increased from 24% to 25%, p = .02. A greater percentage of residents in the treatment group transferred to nursing facilities at 4 months (4–1% in control vs. 4–5% in treatment, p = .02) and 12 months (4–2% in control and 4–7% in treatment, p = .01). There was no treatment effect on emergency room or hospital transfers. The findings support the safety of function-focused care related to falls and need for hospital transfers.
AB - The purpose of this study was to test the impact of function-focused care on adverse outcomes in assisted living. This was a randomized trial including 85 settings. The age of the 794 recruited participants was 89.48 (SD = 7.43) years, the majority was female (n = 561, 71%) and White (n = 771, 97%). The percentage of residents in the treatment group experiencing a fall decreased at 12 months from 26% to 20% and the control group increased from 24% to 25%, p = .02. A greater percentage of residents in the treatment group transferred to nursing facilities at 4 months (4–1% in control vs. 4–5% in treatment, p = .02) and 12 months (4–2% in control and 4–7% in treatment, p = .01). There was no treatment effect on emergency room or hospital transfers. The findings support the safety of function-focused care related to falls and need for hospital transfers.
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U2 - 10.1123/japa.2020-0426
DO - 10.1123/japa.2020-0426
M3 - Article
C2 - 34140425
AN - SCOPUS:85122487602
SN - 1063-8652
VL - 29
SP - 922
EP - 930
JO - Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
JF - Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
IS - 6
ER -