This article presents the functional health status results of 49 nursing home residents who
were involuntarily relocated from one institution to another. The purpose of the study was to …

Nurses frequently note changes in the health status of the aged following admission to a
nursing home. The purpose of this study was to determine the stability of mental status and …

Nurses and other health care workers have observed and documented in the literature a
change or deterioration in the physical and mental health of residents pursuant to relocation …

Admission to a nursing home is a major event in a person's life. That event can have positive
or negative psychological ramifications, depending on a number of factors. Is the move …

Ninety-nine extended care residents were followed over a fourteen month period, in order to
compare outcomes associated with relocation and renovations. One group of residents were …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the physical and mental health characteristics of 120 residents 3
months following their discharge from 1 transferring nursing home to 23 facilities, to compare …

The purpose of this investigation was to study the effects of mass relocation on 273 residents
of a county nursing home facility. Assessment was made for any negative relocation effects …

Residents of two older nursing homes (n= 196) were relocated to a new 238-bed facility. A
nonequivalent control group (n= 74) design with two pretests and two posttests was used to …

This prospective study investigated stability of residents' mental status, function (activities of
daily living), and mood during the first and second week following nursing home admission …

A descriptive study, using a retrospective chart review, investigated the mortality rates for 77
elderly nursing home residents who at the time of the study had been relocated between …