CLOSURE OF NURSING HOMES

关闭养老院可能至少在两个方面产生影响。 第一，本港老人获得服务的机会及服务的提供情况 当一个设施关闭时，社区可能会受到危害。二是 关闭设施中的居民的身心健康可以 也受苦。 例如，搬迁压力是一个众所周知的条件 这对居民搬迁时的健康产生了不利影响 陌生的环境移动到不熟悉的环境是 当一个设施关闭时，这项建议将借鉴护理 家庭居民评估数据（最小数据集（MDS+）），在线 自动化记录调查和认证（OSCAR），区域资源 文件（ARF）和主要数据，以检查关闭的养老院和 这些关闭对居民结果的影响。国家数据 将使用两组数据来检查发病率、患病率和风险因素 关闭疗养院 居民从一个最近关闭372床 将跟踪设施，以评估医院，生理和 关闭对这些居民的心理影响。

Nursing home closures may have implications in at least two areas. First, access and availability of services to elderly in the local community may be jeopardized when a facility closes. Second, the physical and mental well-being of residents in the closing facility may also suffer. For example, relocation stress is a well known condition that adversely impacts the health of residents when they are moved to unfamiliar surroundings. Movement to unfamiliar surroundings is inevitable when a facility closes. This proposal will draw upon nursing home resident assessment data (Minimum Data Set (MDS+)), the On Line Survey and Certification of Automated Records (OSCAR), the Area Resource File (ARF), and primary data to examine the closure of nursing homes and the effects these closures have on resident outcomes. The national data sets will be used to examine the incidence, prevalence, and risk factors for nursing home closure. Residents from one recently closed 372 bed facility will be followed to assess the nosocomial, physiological, and psychological effects of closure on these residents.