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Functioning and health service use among elderly nursing home residents with alcohol use disorders: findings from the National Nursing Home Survey.

Brennan PL. Functioning and health service use among elderly nursing home residents with alcohol use disorders: findings from the National Nursing Home Survey. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2005 Jun 1; 13(6):475-83.

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Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: The author asked whether older nursing home residents with alcohol use disorders differ from demographically-matched residents without alcohol use disorders on functioning, admission characteristics, and health services use. METHOD: National Nursing Home Survey data were used to compare nursing home residents with alcohol use disorders (N = 216) with demographically-matched residents without alcohol use disorders (N = 216) on functioning, admission characteristics, and health services use. RESULTS: Residents with alcohol use disorders functioned somewhat better than did residents in the demographically-matched sample group, as indicated by performance of basic activities of daily living. However, they were significantly more likely to have lived alone before admission and to have obtained mental health and social services. There was a significant group x gender interaction on length of stay: men with alcohol use disorders had shorter lengths of stay than did men without alcohol use disorders; women with alcohol use disorders had longer lengths of stay than did women without such disorders. CONCLUSIONS: Having fewer social resources may contribute to elevated admission risk and need for mental health and social services among older nursing home residents who have alcohol use disorders. Duration and severity of alcohol problems may help explain gender differences in length of stay among these residents.




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