title: Functional health status of relocated nursing home residents.
abstract: This article presents the functional health status results of 49 nursing home residents who were involuntarily relocated from one institution to another. The purpose of the study was to determine whether there would be pre- to postmove changes in health status. Nursing personnel on both the day and evening shifts completed separate assessments of the residents' functional health status using the Long-Term Health Care Minimum Data Set instrument. These assessments were completed 2 to 3 months before and 3 to 4 months after the move. The interrater reliability was high; overall day-evening agreement was 82 percent. After the move, only receptive communication was rated higher; dressing, transferring, using the toilet, continence, and mobility were rated lower. Six functional activities showed no significant changes. Relocation does not appear to have a uniformly negative impact on functional status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Stuart
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sheffield
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Swee
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Formica
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006304:Health Status; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes; D015588:Observer Variation; D010360:Patient Transfer; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015351:Vision Screening