Abstract
[Purpose] To clarify the characteristics of patients living at home, admitted to and discharged from our comprehensive community-based care (CCC) ward to destinations other than home. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 111 patients living at home, admitted to and discharged from the ward within the period between January and the end of July 2016, were divided into home and non-home groups, based on their discharge destinations. Between the 2 groups, the name of the diagnosis, age, sex, duration of hospitalization in the acute care ward, duration of CCC ward stay, category of occupation providing rehabilitation-based intervention, total and daily numbers of rehabilitation units, and the toileting ability and mobility on admission and discharge were compared. [Results] The duration of CCC ward stay was longer, with lower toileting ability and mobility on both admission and discharge, in the non-home (8) compared with home (103) group. Furthermore, on comparing the name of the diagnosis, cerebrovascular diseases were observed more frequently in the former group. [Conclusion] It was suggested that discharge to home is more difficult when a cerebrovascular disease is present, or the toileting ability and mobility on admission are low.
