Predictors of mortality following involuntary interinstitutional relocation

• Published in: Journal of gerontological nursing Vol. 33; no. 9; pp. 20 - 26
• Main Authors: Laughlin, Ann, Parsons, Mary, Kosloski, Karl D, Bergman-Evans, Brenda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States SLACK INCORPORATED 01.09.2007
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Coercion; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Female; Geriatric Assessment - methods; Health Facility Closure; Health Services Research; Humans; Life Change Events; Male; Models, Organizational; Mortality; Multivariate Analysis; Nebraska - epidemiology; Nursing; Nursing Assessment; Nursing homes; Nursing Homes - organization & administration; Older people; Patient Transfer - organization & administration; Predictive Value of Tests; Proportional Hazards Models; Quality of Life - psychology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Factors; Nebraska
• ISSN: 0098-9134; 1938-243X
• DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20070901-04

Relocation is traumatic for older adults. There is a paucity of literature about the characteristics of individuals who are most susceptible to negative effects of relocation. Residents of a nursing home that closed were compared with residents of a control institution to determine whether relocation had a significant effect on mortality and to identify risk factors for death. The difference in mortality was significant. A Cox regression model demonstrated that the only variable to achieve significance in predicting mortality was the relocation itself. Research must evaluate strategies that will reduce the negative effects of involuntary relocation.