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An intermediate care unit for older people with both physical and psychiatric disorders: naturalistic outcome study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2013

Claire Hilton ,
Andrew Madaras  and
Maria Qureshi
Claire Hilton*
Affiliation:
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Older People and Health Ageing Service Line, Bentley House, 15-21 Headstone Drive, Harrow HA3 5QX, UK
Andrew Madaras
Affiliation:
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Older People and Health Ageing Service Line, Bentley House, 15-21 Headstone Drive, Harrow HA3 5QX, UK
Maria Qureshi
Affiliation:
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Older People and Health Ageing Service Line, Bentley House, 15-21 Headstone Drive, Harrow HA3 5QX, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Claire Hilton, Consultant Psychiatrist, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Older People and Health Ageing Service Line, Bentley House, 15-21 Headstone Drive, Harrow HA3 5QX, UK. Phone: +0208-424-7715; Fax: +0208-424-7773. Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Background: An intermediate care unit opened in 2008 aiming to relieve pressure on beds in the local general hospital. Its goal was to provide rehabilitation for people recovering from physical illness who had coexisting psychiatric symptoms, including from delirium, but for whom assessment suggested that discharge home might be achieved. As an experimental unit, it warranted evaluation. We aimed to identify clinical factors associated with higher rates of discharge of the patients to their own homes.

Methods: A naturalistic retrospective exploratory cohort study of 100 consecutive admissions to the intermediate care unit. A backward logistic regression analysis was performed.

Results: Discharge home was associated with better scores on the Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living at the time of discharge, a shorter duration of stay, and a psychiatric diagnosis other than delirium.

Conclusions: At the time of pre-admission assessment, clinical factors which were likely to predict discharge home were unclear, suggesting a need for further studies to determine who might best benefit from this sort of intermediate care placement.

Keywords

intermediate caredementiadeliriumrehabilitation
Type
Research Article
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , June 2013 , pp. 895 - 900
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2013

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