Study: Clients Transitioning From Inpatient Rehabilitation to ComplexContinuing Care or Home

Source:  Canadian Institute for Health Information - CIHI ( www.cihi.ca/  )
Date: 18 April 2007

New analysis from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows that while 82% of patients leaving an Ontario rehabilitation facility were discharged home, 2% were discharged to a complex continuing care facility. The study Clients Transitioning From Inpatient Rehabilitation to Complex Continuing Care or Home offers a demographic and clinical profile of these patients, in an effort to help inform decisions regarding resource allocation, admission criteria and discharge planning for inpatient rehabilitation.

Patients leaving an Ontario rehabilitation facility for complex continuing care tended to be older; the majority (50%) did not live with a spouse, partner or other family; and most (86%) had lived in a private residence prior to their admission to inpatient rehabilitation. Among this group, a lower level of function was found to be a common characteristic of those moving from an inpatient rehabilitation facility into a complex continuing care facility.

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