@article{ref1,
title="The impact of a randomized controlled trial testing the implementation of function-focused care in assisted living on resident falls, hospitalizations, and nursing home transfers",
journal="Journal of aging and physical activity",
year="2021",
author="Resnick, Barbara and Boltz, Marie and Galik, Elizabeth and Zhu, Shijun",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to test the impact of function-focused care on adverse outcomes in assisted living. This was a randomized trial including 85 settings. The age of the 794 recruited participants was 89.48 (SD = 7.43) years, the majority was female (n = 561, 71%) and White (n = 771, 97%). The percentage of residents in the treatment group experiencing a fall decreased at 12 months from 26% to 20% and the control group increased from 24% to 25%, p =.02. A greater percentage of residents in the treatment group transferred to nursing facilities at 4 months (4-1% in control vs. 4-5% in treatment, p =.02) and 12 months (4-2% in control and 4-7% in treatment, p =.01). There was no treatment effect on emergency room or hospital transfers. The findings support the safety of function-focused care related to falls and need for hospital transfers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1063-8652",
doi="10.1123/japa.2020-0426",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.2020-0426"
}