All older patients admitted to the department of elderly care. Not Applicable All older patients admitted to the department of elderly care.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group: post-acute care in a community hospital providing a multi-disciplinary rehabilitation approach
Control group: extended general hospital stay with multi-disciplinary care
Sponsors
National Institute for Health Research Central Commissioning Facility (NIHR-CCF) (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients (casualty and direct from general practitioner) admitted to the participating departments of elderly care with a postcode address corresponding to the locality served by the seven Community Hospitals will be eligible for inclusion to the trial. The patient must be sufficiently medically stable for the non-district general hospital care to be clinically appropriate.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Acutely ill or medically unstable patients will be exluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patient: Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale 2. Carer: General Health Questionnaire 28 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patient: a. Barthel Index b. Nottingham Health Profile c. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale d. Euroqol (EQ5D)scale e. service satisfaction f. mortality g. discharge destination h. resource use 2. Carer: Carer Strain Index | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed