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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12605000637640
ACTRN12605000637640
Completed
Not Applicable

A randomised controlled trial to compare the effects of a transitional care unit versus usual hospital care for older patients awaiting first-time nursing home placement to decrease hospital length of stay

Professor Maria Crotty0 sites316 target enrollmentOctober 13, 2005

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Professor Maria Crotty
Enrollment
316
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
October 13, 2005
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Professor Maria Crotty

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\.Males and females aged 65 or greater years on the day of baseline examination; or aged 55 if of Mäori or Pacific Ethnicity and eligible for NASC/ OPAT services.2\.All participants must be eligible for assessment by the three designated MDS\-HC assessors.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\.Those clients with a terminal illness and are currently receiving palliative care services2\.Participants directly transferred from hospital to permanent residential care after the initial assessment.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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