Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie
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A special short-term care (KZP) in a nursing home is offered to patients who are not yet able to live independently after hospitalization. It was institutionalized in 1989. But its basic conditions changed in 1996 with the new Pflegeversicherungsgesetz (nursing insurance law): the maximal stay was limited to 4 weeks and cost were turned over to the new insurance system. ⋯ After the stay in KZP, 39.1% moved to nursing homes, 36.0% returned home. Predictors for nursing home admission are long-lasting hospitalization, predicted need of long-term care by physicians, and nervous disorders. The results show that short-term care is a useful concept in health care maintenance of patients with special diseases und complicates re-convalescence.