@article{0549b1b8777c493c88558635d9c8faa7,
title = "Predictors of nursing home placement among elderly public housing residents",
abstract = "This study examines risk factors for nursing home placement among elderly residents of public housing. Data on residents of six urban public housing developments for elderly persons (weighted n = 881) were analyzed by using logistic regression procedures to determine the predictors of nursing home placement during a 28-month period. Four baseline indicators of need were identified: greater impairment in instrumental activities of daily living, cognitive disorder, high scores on the General Health Questionnaire, and psychotic disorder. Thus, functional status and mental morbidity are major contributors to nursing home placement in this setting.",
keywords = "Congregate housing, Long-term care, Mental morbidity",
author = "Black, {Betty Smith} and Rabins, {Peter V.} and German, {Pearl S.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported in part by National Institute of Mental Health Grants MH-48673 and MH-P50-43703, the Mental Hygiene Administration of Maryland, and the Center for Research on Services for Severe Mental Illness of the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. 'Address correspondence to Dr. Betty Smith Black, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer Building 2-279, Baltimore, MD 21287-7279. E-mail: bblack@jhmi.edu department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. 'Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.",
year = "1999",
doi = "10.1093/geront/39.5.559",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "39",
pages = "559--568",
journal = "Gerontologist",
issn = "0016-9013",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "5",
}