Counsell and colleagues,Covinsky and colleagues,
and Covinsky and colleagues found
that ACE patients were less likely to be discharged
to a nursing home or other long-term
care facility. Counsel and colleagues21 followed
patients for 12 months after discharge and found
that they were less likely to be discharged to
a nursing home or to spend time in a nursing
home in the 12 months following discharge. Covinsky
and colleagues found that patients from
the ACE unit were less likely to spend any time in
a nursing home or long-term care facility in the
first 90 days after discharge. This finding was statistically
significant.