Ardron M E, Finneston A
University Department of Geriatric Medicine, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham.
Age Ageing. 1990 May;19(3):195-8. doi: 10.1093/ageing/19.3.195.
Sixty-three admissions to rehabilitation apartments were studied. In almost half of patients the actual outcome on discharge disagreed with the occupational therapy assessment after using the apartment. Patients who were placed in the apartment to help them gain insight into their disabilities remained unconvinced--the majority returning home despite advice. Although rehabilitation apartments may improve patient morale they should not be used to predict ability to survive at home or to dissuade patients who seem likely to fail from returning there.
对63例入住康复公寓的患者进行了研究。在近一半的患者中，出院时的实际结果与使用公寓后的职业治疗评估结果不一致。被安排入住公寓以帮助他们了解自身残疾情况的患者仍然不信服——大多数人不顾建议仍返回家中。尽管康复公寓可能会提高患者的士气，但它们不应被用来预测患者在家中的生存能力，也不应劝阻那些看似可能失败的患者返回家中。
