Abstract
Purpose: To clarify the characteristics of older adults in whom adult day care centers was discontinued due to hospitalization, institutionalization, or death, based on age, sex, care level, and medical and care needs.
Methods: There were 2 groups of older adults: 144 who had continued adult day care centers for 1 year (Group1) and 28 who had discontinued it within 1 year due to hospitalization, institutionalization, or death (Group2). We compared basic information (age, sex, care level), medical needs (total number of diagnoses, home-visit nursing service use/disuse), and care needs (home-visit care service use/disuse, elderly-only/other types of household) between the groups using the Chi-square test or the Mann-Whitney test.
Results: Group 2 was older, required higher levels of care, and had more home-visit nursing service users than Group 1.
Conclusion: Older adults who discontinue adult day care centers within 1 year due to hospitalization, institutionalization, or death may be characterized by being older, requiring a higher level of care, and having medical needs.
