Elderly Living In Nursing Home

A comparative study measured the functional mobility, level of independence, depressive symptoms and quality of life of the elderly living at home and in the nursing home. In this study, 33 elderly living in a nursing home and 25 elderly living at home, who met the inclusion criteria and volunteered to contribute, were included. Sociodemographic characteristics were documented. Functional mobility (Timed Up & Go Test), depressive symptoms (Geriatric Depression Scale), level of independence (Kahoku Aging Longitudinal Study Scale), and quality of life (Visual Analogue Scale) scores were contrasted among the groups. Results demonstrated that functional mobility and independence level of the nursing home residents were higher than the home-dwelling

(Karakaya, Bilgin, Ekici, Köse, & Otman, 2009).

Quality of life between the elderly with dementia in institutions was also investigated. The sample comprised of patients above 60 years with dementia, 82 in nursing home and 74 in departments of geriatric psychiatry. They were evaluated with the Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia (QUALID); the Self-Maintenance scale, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Clinical Dementia Rating scale. Patient’s age, sex, past medical and psychiatric history were noted. Dementia was diagnosed in accordance with ICD-10 criteria for research. Based on the information in an interview with the patient and a professional and data in the patient’s record, a geriatric psychiatrist made a diagnosis of major depression according to DSM-IV, if present. Result demonstrated that the patients’ mean (± SD) age was 82.9 ± 7.7 years, 103 (66%) were females. A factor analysis of

Participants were 100 elderly successively admitted to a nursing home, within 1 week of admission and after 6 months. Data were gathered from medical and nursing records (medical and psychiatric history, ADL), interviews (MMSE, details for admission) and self-report instruments (GDS, BSI, WHOQOL-brief). Results exhibited that just 5.9% (n = 4) had relocated to the nursing home by their own will, 26.5% (n = 18) because they were isolated and 36.7% (n = 25) because they had no accessible caregiver. Twenty-six participants had an MMSE score >or= 18 and allowed to undertake complete evaluation. The scores of 20 of the 26 participants exceeded the cut-off on the GDS and five of the nine BSI subscales. During the follow-up period, 19 of the 68 initially evaluated residents died (33 of the entire sample of 100) and one rejected to continue the survey. The mean MMSE and ADL scores of the 48 survivors lessened from 16.87 (SD +/- 7.32) to 14.27 (SD +/- 7.24; t = 4.89, p < 0.000) and from 8.22 (SD +/- 3.55) to 6.39 (SD +/- 3.56; t = 5.34, p < 0.000), respectively. The scores attained on GDI and BSI subscales exacerbated in 20 survivors with MMSE >or= 18. The score attained on the QOL physical wellbeing domain also deteriorated. Evaluation of the subjects who died and survived during the