Association Between Dementia Care Programs in Assisted Living Facilities and Transitions to Nursing Homes in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Dementia care
assisted living facilities
long-term care
nursing homes
retirement homes
Journal
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
ISSN: 1538-9375
Titre abrégé: J Am Med Dir Assoc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 100893243
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2021
10 2021
Historique:
received:
25
03
2021
revised:
25
06
2021
accepted:
08
07
2021
pubmed:
6
8
2021
medline:
21
10
2021
entrez:
5
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We investigate whether older adults who were newly diagnosed with dementia (severity unspecified) and resided in an assisted living facility that offered a dementia care program had a lower rate of transition to a nursing home, compared to those who resided in an assisted living facility without such a program. Population-based retrospective cohort study. Linked, person-level health system administrative data on older adults who were newly diagnosed with dementia and resided in an assisted living facility in Ontario, Canada, from 2014 to 2019 (n = 977). Access to a dementia care program in an assisted living facility (n = 57) was examined. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression with robust standard errors clustered on the assisted living facility was used to model the time to transition to a nursing home from the new dementia diagnosis. There were 11.8 transitions to a nursing home per 100 person-years among older adults who resided in an assisted living facility with a dementia care program, compared with 20.5 transitions to a nursing home per 100 person-years among older adults who resided in an assisted living facility without a dementia care program. After adjustment for relevant characteristics at baseline, older adults who resided in an assisted living facility with a dementia care program had a 40% lower rate of transition to a nursing home (hazard ratio 0.60, 95% confidence interval 0.44, 0.81), compared with those in an assisted living facility without such a program at any point during the follow-up period. The rate of transition to a nursing home was significantly lower among older adults who resided in an assisted living facility that offered a dementia care program. These findings support the expansion of dementia care programs in assisted living facilities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34352202
pii: S1525-8610(21)00640-X
doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.07.002
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2115-2120.e6Informations de copyright
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