Predictors of Nursing Home Entry within 36 Months after Hospitalization via the Emergency Department among Persons Aged 75 Years or Older.
Moustapha DrameAlison VolbergLukshe KanagaratnamClaire CoutureauLidvine GodaertPublished in: Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
The majority of the risk factors for NH entry within 3 years after emergency hospitalization are amenable to intervention strategies. It is therefore reasonable to imagine that targeting these features of frailty could delay or prevent NH entry and improve the quality of life of these individuals before and after NH entry.