… linkage to community resources needed by older patients so that they can maintain safe
and normal functional status 7, 8. However, older patients and their guardians have almost no …

… This study provides unique information regarding the dynamic of functional status changes
over time among older patients admitted to an ACE unit. The results also highlight that most …

… who are already very functionally limited may less obviously … acute illness. Alternatively,
those who are identified as having poorer baseline functional status may receive more intensive …

… Nonetheless, post-acute HHC services provide opportunities for patients, caregivers, and
clinicians to work collaboratively to optimize older adults' functional status. With services …

… most older patients admitted to acute care hospitals may improve their functional status from
… Therefore, we aimed at describing functional trajectories in hospitalized older patients and …

… functional metrics during acute care on hospital outcomes in published literature to date. We
hypothesized that lower functional status during the acute … functional status post acute care. …

… of PAC needs, but the relationship is complex. Even older patients with excellent preoperative
functional status … Patients aged 85 years or older who were fully independent and had an …

… patient functional status has been found to be responsive to nursing care,18, 20 which conditions
of nursing care … , daily patient assessment, use of validated functional status measures, …

… healthcare costs were collected from hospital datasets, and functional status assessed using
the interRAI Contact Assessment was gathered by health professional research associates. …

… , comorbidities, Charlson score or functional status. The … acute care of elderly patients with
moderate dependence in an FIPU is superior to the care in a conventional acute medical care …