Profiles of nursing home residents with traumatic brain injury using the Minimum Data Set.
OBJECTIVE
To present comprehensive profiles of nursing home residents with TBI at admission.


METHODS
Over 12,300 assessments from the Minimum Data Set were analysed to create these profiles.


RESULTS
Residents with TBI were overwhelmingly male and averaged 53.1 years of age at admission, with almost 30% being 40 years or younger. They tended to have substantial physical disability and severe cognitive impairment at admission. Compared to other residents at admission, residents with TBI tended to receive more treatments and rehabilitation therapies.


CONCLUSIONS
Caring for residents with TBI presents major challenges for the staff in the traditional nursing home.
Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Rural Public Health, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843-1266, USA. buchanan@Srphtamu.edu
Robert J
RJ
Buchanan
Suojin
S
Wang
Chunfeng
C
Huang
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D016223:Advance Directives; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms