McClendon and his colleagues at the University Memory and Aging Center studied 258 people with Alzheimer's who were initially cared for at home and followed them for up to 11 years. During the study, 165 of the patients were placed in nursing homes or assisted-living facilities. Two-thirds of the patients died during the study period. When the researchers compared those institutionalized with those kept at home -- and controlled for the patients' age, gender, decline in mental skills, decline in ability to care for themselves, and increase in behavioral problems -- they found that those institutionalized faced a threefold increase in risk of death.
Long-term-care placement and survival of persons with Alzheimer's disease. - NCBI - NIH
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A home-like environment adds continuity and familiarity to everyday life, encourages continued family involvement and strengthens family and friendship ties (Brawley, 2006). It involves:
- personal control and decision making
- individualised care
- meaningful relationships
- smaller scale living arrangements
- greater environmental texture
- personalisation of care
- discrete medical support (Calkins, 2005).