Community Services, Progression Rate, and Nursing Home Placement In Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease

Jocelyn Shealy McGee; Dennis R. Myers; Haley Groce

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Community Services, Progression Rate, and Nursing Home Placement In Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease

Jocelyn Shealy McGee, Dennis R. Myers, Haley Groce

Published in American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Volume 7, Issue 1)

Received: 22 March 2019 Accepted: 15 May 2019 Published: 12 June 2019

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There are many factors influencing when a person with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or another dementia is placed in a nursing home (NHP). The aims of this study were to determine if introducing home and community-based services (HCBS) at different stages of disease severity influenced time to NHP in a sample of persons living with AD (n = 1210); examine if disease pre-progression rate (PPR) influenced time to NHP; and explore the interaction between disease severity at first use of HCBS and PPR on time to NHP. Findings suggested that earlier introduction of HCBS delayed time to NHP in a univariate model (p = 0.03), but not when covariates were adjusted (p = 0.39); faster PPR resulted in earlier NHP in both univariate (p < 0.001) and covariate adjusted models (p < 0.01); and earlier introduction of HCBS delayed time to NHP (even when PPR was taken into consideration). Implications are discussed.

Published in	American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Volume 7, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajpn.20190701.13
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Dementia, Alzheimer’s, Nursing Home Placement, Community Services

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Jocelyn Shealy McGee

Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
Dennis R. Myers

Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
Haley Groce

Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA

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