LUCY BRADSHAW lucy.bradshaw@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
Six-month outcomes following an emergency hospital admission for older adults with co-morbid mental health problems indicate complexity of care needs
Bradshaw, Lucy; Goldberg, Sarah E.; Lewis, Sarah A.; Whittamore, Kathy; Gladman, John R.F.; Jones, Rob G.; Harwood, Rowan H.
Authors
Sarah E. Goldberg
Sarah A. Lewis
Kathy Whittamore
John R.F. Gladman
Rob G. Jones
Rowan H. Harwood
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
two-thirds of older patients admitted as an emergency to a general hospital have co-existing mental health problems including delirium, dementia and depression. This study describes the outcomes of older adults with co-morbid mental health problems after an acute hospital admission.
METHODS:
a follow-up study of 250 patients aged over 70 admitted to 1 of 12 wards (geriatric, medical or orthopaedic) of an English acute general hospital with a co-morbid mental health problem and followed up at 180 days.
RESULTS:
twenty-seven per cent did not return to their original place of residence after the hospital admission. After 180 days 31% had died, 42% had been readmitted and 24% of community residents had moved to a care home. Only 31% survived without being readmitted or moving to a care home. However, 16% spent >170 of the 180 days at home. Significant predictors for poor outcomes were co-morbidity, nutrition, cognitive function, reduction in activities of daily living ability prior to admission, behavioural and psychiatric problems and depression. Only 42% of survivors recovered to their pre-acute illness level of function. Clinically significant behavioural and psychiatric symptoms were present at follow-up in 71% of survivors with baseline cognitive impairment, and new symptoms developed frequently in this group.
CONCLUSIONS:
the variable, but often adverse, outcomes in this group implies a wide range of health and social care needs. Community and acute services to meet these needs should be anticipated and provided for.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jun 25, 2013 |
Deposit Date | Apr 3, 2014 |
Publicly Available Date | Apr 3, 2014 |
Journal | Age and Ageing |
Print ISSN | 0002-0729 |
Electronic ISSN | 0002-0729 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 42 |
Issue | 5 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft074 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/715504 |
Publisher URL | http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/content/42/5/582.long |
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