Acute illness or trauma in frail elderly patients with co-morbidity, resulting in hospital admission. Choice of post-acute management and care. Collaboration between hospital and community health services. Signs and Symptoms Unknown and unspecified causes of morbidity
Conditions
Interventions
1. Patients in the intervention group went to intermediate care unit within the next working day after randomization. A multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurse and physiotherapists examined each
Sponsors
Kavli Research Centre for Ageing and Dementia (Norway)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged 70 years or older 2. Living at home 3. Resident in Bergen municipality 4. Acutely admitted to medical or orthopaedic departments 5. Respiratory and circulatory stable 6. Deemed able to return home within three weeks 7. Intermediate care considered suitable by attending physician
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Severe dementia 2. Delirium 3. Need for surgery or intensive care treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Our pre-specified primary outcome was the number of days patients would be alive and living at home throughout the first year after randomization. Data were obtained from patient registers at the hospitals and the community health care services for a period of 365 days for each patient after randomization. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome measures were mortality, days spent in hospital, days in nursing homes and use of home care services. | — |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed