Cognitive skills for daily decision making on admission is the most important factor associated with return to home or retirement home in a general-population low intensity rehab programme.

Background As a person ages and accumulates medical morbidities, their ability to participate in traditional high-intensity rehabilitation programmes following an acute medical event may be not be feasible. Low-intensity rehabilitation (LIR) is an emerging approach to restoring function in older per...

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Published in:	Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 7; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors:	Campbell, T Mark, Dunlop, Nicole
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul2026
Subjects:	Patients Hospital admission & discharge Decision making Home environment Retrospective studies Senior housing Congregate housing Cognition Activities of daily living Data analysis Research funding Long-term health care Multiple regression analysis Questionnaires Discharge planning Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Rehabilitation centers Longitudinal method Medical records Acquisition of data Statistics Length of stay in hospitals Data analysis software Barthel Index Range of motion of joints
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