Characteristics of elderly nursing home residents: data from the 1995 National Nursing Home Survey.
OBJECTIVE
This report presents the sociodemographic characteristics, functional dependencies in the activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), dental status, primary admission diagnosis, types of services used, and source of payment of elderly nursing home residents.


METHODS
The data used for this report are from the National Center for Health Statistics' 1995 National Nursing Home Survey's (NNHS) sample of current residents age 65 years and above. The 1995 NNHS is the fourth annual survey of nursing homes. The first survey was conducted from August 1973 through April 1974, the second was conducted from May through December 1977, and the third was conducted from August 1985 through January 1986. The 1995 NNHS was conducted from July 1995 through December 1995.


RESULTS
The overall results of the survey indicate that elderly nursing home residents were predominantly women, 75 years old and over, white, non-Hispanic, and widowed. A large portion of residents needed assistance in their ADL's and IADL's. A shifting of the primary source of payment to Medicaid occurred among residents who used Medicare as their source of payment at the time of admission.
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National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003710:Demography; D003753:Dental Health Surveys; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009309:National Center for Health Statistics, U.S.; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data