title: Special care units in nursing homes: prevalence in five states.
abstract: As part of a five-state study of the impact of special care units for demented residents, the authors surveyed (with telephone follow-up) nursing homes to identify those facilities that maintained some form of special care unit. The estimated prevalence was 11%; this finding suggests that special care units are far more numerous than had previously been reported. This difference is due in part to definitional considerations: many facilities maintain "cluster units" that do not differ appreciably from segregated units. However, more often than not, facilities did not regard these units as special care units.
authors.affiliation: Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, NY 10471.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teresi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Monaco
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003072:Cognition Disorders; D003237:Connecticut; D003704:Dementia; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000458:organization & administration; D008404:Massachusetts; D009515:New Jersey; D009518:New York; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010414:Pennsylvania