Geriatric Intermediate Care Facilities (GICFs) have been established to help the hospitalized elderly return home. Users of the GICFs are elders who do not need hospitalization, but are mentally or physically impaired. Rather than providing unnecessary medical services, GICFs emphasize nursing care and rehabilitation so that users can manage their daily tasks independently. Contrary to the initial expectation, only half of the users came back home and quarter stayed at GICFs for more than one year. Evaluating users’ physical, mental, and socioeconomical conditions at an early stage of admission to a GICF may lead us to prediction whether a user can be discharged to his/her home or remain at the GICF for long time.
