Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Vol 54, Issue 4 S202-S206, Copyright © 1999 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Prior Living Arrangements and Nursing Home Resident Admission ADL Characteristics: A Study of Two States

BL Egleston, MA Rudberg and JA Brody
Section of General Internal MEdicine, University of Chicago, Illinois.

OBJECTIVES: This study examines the relationship between prior living arrangements and average activities of daily living (ADL) function upon nursing home admission across two states. METHODS: Minimum Data Set Plus records from 1993 and 1994 on 4,387 Medicaid reimbursed nursing home residents aged 65 years and older from two states were used. Medicaid reimbursed residents were chosen because Medicaid reimbursement policies differ at the state level, and such differences might affect admission characteristics across states. Ordinary least squares models were used to examine the correlates of the number of ADL limitations (range 0-7) upon nursing home admission. RESULTS: Residents in state A had a mean of 5.36 ADL limitations, whereas residents in state B had a mean of 4.83 limitations. Those who lived alone entered the nursing home with 0.61 fewer ADL limitations

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