Days at Home After Hip Fracture Among Older Adults With and Without Dementia

Do older adults with dementia spend less time at home after hip fracture than those without dementia?In this cohort study of over 1 million community-dwelling older adults with hip fracture, those with dementia lived 50.3 fewer days and those with dementia who survived 1 year after hip fracture spent 53.9 fewer days at home compared with adults with no dementia.These findings can inform prognostic counseling, care planning, and decisions about rehabilitation, care intensity, and allocation of supportive services.

Corresponding Author: R. Sean Morrison, MD, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 (sean.morrison@mssm.edu).

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