Authors
Mary Courtney, Helen Edwards, Anne Chang, Anthony Parker, Kathleen Finlayson, Kyra Hamilton
Publication date
2009/3
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Volume
57
Issue
3
Pages
395-402
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Inc
Description
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of an exercise‐based model of hospital and in‐home follow‐up care for older people at risk of hospital readmission on emergency health service utilization and quality of life.
DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial.
SETTING: Tertiary metropolitan hospital in Australia.
PARTICIPANTS: One hundred twenty‐eight patients (64 intervention, 64 control) with an acute medical admission, aged 65 and older and with at least one risk factor for readmission (multiple comorbidities, impaired functionality, aged ≥75, recent multiple admissions, poor social support, history of depression).
INTERVENTION: Comprehensive nursing and physiotherapy assessment and individualized program of exercise strategies and nurse‐conducted home visit and telephone follow‐up commencing in the hospital and continuing for 24 weeks after discharge.
MEASUREMENTS: Emergency health service …
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