2024 Volume 39 Issue 1 Pages 43-48
[Purpose] To identify factors influencing discharge destination for patients admitted to a community-based integrated care ward, based on their admission assessment results. [Participants and Methods] We included a total of 413 patients aged 75 and older, admitted to the community-based integrated care ward of the study facility within the period between January 2020 and December 2022, to analyze the following admission assessment items: Functional Independence Measure (FIM) motor scores related to self-care, toileting, transfer, and mobility; Hasegawa Dementia Scale-Revised (HDS-R) scores; number of persons living together; and disease category. Additionally, to examine factors influencing discharge destination, we divided the patients into home and facility groups based on their actual discharge destinations. [Results] Self-care ability on admission and the number of persons living together influenced discharge destination for these community-based integrated care ward patients. Moreover, the facility group’s self-care ability, in particular, their score related to eating, was lower than the home group. [Conclusion] The results indicate the necessity of considering the number of persons living together and self-care ability on admission when selecting discharge destinations for patients aged 75 and older admitted to a community-based integrated care ward.
