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Published on: July 24, 2013
Frailty determinants in two long-term care settings: Assistant living facilities and home and community-based
Christine Tocchi1, Ruth McCorkle2, Jane Dixon2
1a Duke University School of Nursing , Durham , North Carolina , USA.
Abstract:
There is limited knowledge on differences in frailty among residents in assisted living facilities (ALF) and home and community-based services (HCBS). This study used a retrospective cross-sectional design to compare frailty determinants in two long-term care settings. The HCBS setting had a greater proportion of positive responses to 9 of 14 frailty indicators. The ALF setting had a greater proportion to only 2 of the 14 frailty indicators. The finding that the HCBS setting had a significantly greater proportion of participants with positive frailty indicators as compared to the ALF setting suggests the degree of frailty risk is different by health care setting.
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