Abstract
This report addresses the discharge disposition following inpatient psychiatric treatment for advanced dementia. The total population included 685 305 Medicare fee-for-service decedents with advanced cognitive and functional impairment, with a mean age of 85.9 years who had resided in a nursing home. In the last 90 days of life, 1027 (0.15%) persons received inpatient psychiatry treatment just prior to the place of care where the individual died. Discharge dispositions included 132 (12.9%) persons to a medical hospital, 728 (70.9%) to nursing home without hospice services, 73 (7.1%) to hospice services in a nursing home, 32 (3.1%) to home without hospice services, and 16 (1.6%) to hospice services at home. Overall, the rate of referral to hospice services for advanced dementia was relatively low.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 437-439 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 3 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- dementia
- hospice
- inpatient psychiatry hospitalization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)