Frail aged persons residing in South African homes for the aged who require hospitalisation. Part I. Urban areas.
The numbers and characteristics of white residents identified by medical and nursing staff as requiring more staff time and/or expertise and/or medical equipment than is available in homes for the aged were assessed. Only 27 out of 2,447 (1.1%) extremely infirm aged persons resident in 93 homes for the aged would, in the opinion of institutional staff, benefit by admission to a long-term care hospital catering for chronically ill. The conditions affecting these residents are described and recommendations relating to their management made.
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Administration House of Assembly, Department of Health Services and Welfare, Bellville, CP.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009732:Nursing Care; D012046:Rehabilitation; D013019:South Africa; D013727:Terminal Care; D014505:Urban Population