Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation
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Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil · Jul 2011
A geriatric multidisciplinary and tailor-made hospital-at-home method in nursing home residents with hip fracture.
Nursing home residents represent a large proportion of patients hospitalized with hip fracture. Generally, residents do not achieve the same physical ability level as before their fracture and have an increased risk of death within few days after discharge. This study aims to compare 2 new approaches to geriatric intervention in residents with hip fracture. ⋯ A multidisciplinary and tailor-made geriatric intervention in nursing home residents has a positive effect on readmission rate and short-term mortality. Still, it is not obvious which part of the tailor-made intervention is most crucial.