Predicting Stable and Cost-effective Medicaid Nursing Home Transitions

Download or read book Predicting Stable and Cost-effective Medicaid Nursing Home Transitions written by Ian Stockwell and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to examine the characteristics of individuals who transition from nursing homes to the community, a group of 11,560 Medicaid participants aged 65 and older who had a nursing home admission between April 1, 2003, and April 1, 2006, were selected. Overall 231 of them transitioned to community; nearly three quarters of transitioned individuals wished to return to the community and over half had a support person who was positive toward discharge. Compared to all residents in the study, those who transitioned to the community were more likely to be younger, had a much lower average level of care, were in their Medicaid eligibility span for less than one year when they entered the nursing home, and were more likely to need lower levels of assistance with their activities of daily living.