Patterns of Transient and Terminal Transitions in Activities of Daily Living Performance Levels among Long-Term Care Residents: A Multistate Markov’s Model Analysis of Population-Based Longitudinal Data in Canada
Evidence from this study shows that it does not always have to be one way out for LTC residents. LTC home administrators could use the findings to identify residents who could be provided the right intervention to facilitate ADL performance improvement and prevent further decline.
Authors
- Luke Turcotte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5678-7234)
- John P. Hirdes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9619-6543)
- George Heckman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3847-3287)
- Bonaventure Amandi Egbujie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0748-1882)
- Reem T Mulla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0897-9589)
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Brock University (CA)
- Research Institute for Aging (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105565
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- Government of Canada
- European Commission
- University of Waterloo