Specialized nursing facility clinicians, or SNFists, may decrease the likelihood of nursing home residents experiencing stressful hospitalizations and improve the quality of life in their last days, according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine.
Mar 15 2024Weill Cornell Medicine
The literature has described certain features or outcomes that translate into what we think is poor quality at the end of life. One example is transferring residents to the hospital and admitting them for conditions like pneumonia or UTIs that may have been managed in the nursing home, or going from nursing home to hospital to another nursing home."
The physical act of transferring the residents to new environments increases their risk of delirium and discomfort, the researchers said. Transfers also interrupt communication and continuity of care, burdening patients and making them more uncomfortable. Related StoriesThe study of 2,091,954 nursing home residents aged 65 and older, during a period from January 2012 to December 2019, found that SNFists managed about 46 percent of this group. The researchers determined that care from an SNFist decreased risk up to 6 percent for hospitalizations due to any reason including pneumonia, urinary tract infection, dehydration or sepsis.
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