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Improvement in activities of daily living during a nursing home stay and one-year mortality among older adults with sepsis.
This study looked at the association between recovery of activities of daily living (ADLs) during a skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay and 1-year mortality after SNF discharge among Medicare beneficiaries treated in intensive care for sepsis. This retrospective cohort study identified 59,383 Medicare beneficiaries who were admitted to an SNF within 3 days of discharge from hospitalization that included time in an ICU for sepsis from all of 2013 to October 2015. About 58% of SNF residents showed improvement in ADL function. The higher the improvement in ADL score the less the mortality risk compared to residents who did not improve.
AHRQ-funded; HS026133.
Citation: Downer B, Pritchard K, Thomas KS .
Improvement in activities of daily living during a nursing home stay and one-year mortality among older adults with sepsis.
J Am Geriatr Soc 2021 Apr;69(4):938-45. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16915..
Keywords: Elderly, Nursing Homes, Medicare, Sepsis, Mortality, Outcomes
Sloane PD, Ward K, Weber DJ
Can sepsis be detected in the nursing home prior to the need for hospital transfer?
The purpose of this study was to determine whether and to what extent simple screening tools might identify nursing home (NH) residents who are at high risk of becoming septic. The authors concluded that NHs need better systems to monitor NH residents whose status is changing, and to present that information to medical providers in real time, either through rapid medical response programs or telemetry.
AHRQ-funded; HS022846.
Citation: Sloane PD, Ward K, Weber DJ .
Can sepsis be detected in the nursing home prior to the need for hospital transfer?
J Am Med Dir Assoc 2018 Jun;19(6):492-96.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.02.001..
Keywords: Sepsis, Nursing Homes, Long-Term Care, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Elderly